Setting up the page

Printer margins control the space between the outmost items and the edge of the page.

Procedure

  1. Select File > Page Setup
  2. Choose the aspect of the page that you would like to modify:
    OptionDescription
    Margins To set the page margins individually, use the small arrows to scroll up and down the values or type values into the appropriate boxes.
    • Click Minimize to set the margins to be the same size as the printer's own printing margins. As much of the paper, given the limits of the current printer or printer driver, is used. Any values you that are previously set are overwritten.
    • Click Defaults to set values that are typically slightly larger than the minimum printer margins of the currently selected printer and independent of paper size. The values that you are set previously are overwritten.
    Borders In the Border area, select one of these three options:
    • None - Prints the chart without a single line on the chart boundary.
    • Line - Draws a single line on the chart boundary.
    • Reference Grid - Draws a pair of solid lines on the chart boundary with reference numbers and letters.
    You can specify whether to print the background color in the Background Colors area. Select the background color to print:
    • Time Bar Background Color (this color is ignored if there is no time line on the chart)
    • Chart Background Color
    Note: Printing background color might lead to large areas of your paper covered in ink, when your background color is non-white. Too much ink might be used which is not desirable.
    Annotations You can add the following annotations on the Annotation page:
    Time bar

    The time bar is only visible on charts created in Analyst's Notebook.

    By default the time bar is printed only on the pages along the top row of the printed chart. To print the time bar on every printed page, select Every Page.

    You can preview the look of the time bar by clicking Preview Scale. The chart is zoomed in or out to show the time bar at the scale that is used when printing.

    Theme line names
    Prints the name of theme lines along the left edge of the page.

    By default theme line names are printed only on the pages in the left-most column of the printed chart.

    To print Theme Line names on every printed page, select Every Page.

    You can also set the width of the theme line names from a minimum of 0 inches up to 3.8 inches (9.75cm), by either typing the distance in the Width box or clicking on the up and down arrows. Once the width is set, it will be applied to every page where theme line names are to be printed.
    Headers and Footers Use the Header and Footer page to add chart summary and custom property information to chart headers and footers. For example, you can print a page number at the bottom of every page, and a title in the upper left corner of every page.
    Note: If you change the printer in the Printer Setup window, you need to readjust the settings