Then I set the “Width:” and “Height:” values to what I wanted. I don’t know what happens if you do not do this. I changed the “Format:” selection from “A4” to “User” because that seems to make sense. (I’ll be the first to admit to having had that stance in the past and even now.) So it takes opening your mind to see that the template system is probably more versatile while keeping things pretty simple. Unfortunately, new users sometimes want LO to work the way that other things they’ve used work. This has probably been covered in much more depth elsewhere in Ask, so be sure to search more widely for this.

Later you can go back to File Templates Manage Templates. Then save that page as a Template, possibly the Default Template using: File Templates Save as Template.Įnter a template name, like Letter Portrait narrow margins or whatever and possibly check the Set as Default Template box. To set the printer page size go to Format Page. To get started creating your own Template you:įirst create a page, possibly a dummy page, with the settings you want. You can download a template, or create your own. (Tip: For base forms use Writer Templates not base Templates.) Each template is a starting point for your settings when you create a document. To make this work smoothly, LO uses what are called Templates. Unlike applications with just one set of settings, LO has the ability to have many different paper size and other setups.įor example, say your work sometimes requires you to use Letter, but other times you need Legal, or A4, or whatever.

How to change paper size in pdf