Page Setup

Page Setup Options Provided by the Print Driver or OS X
Page Setup Options Provided by Reunion

Binding Margins

Page Setup for Text Reports


Printing Problems
Print Window

Reports


Note: This chapter applies to Person Sheets, Family Group Sheets, Blank Forms, and Cascading Pedigrees.

When you create one of the reports listed above and your report destination is Printer, the settings in the Page Setup window are applied to your reports. To change settings, choose File > Page Setup.

The options that appear in the Page Setup window depend on...

  1. Whether or not a chart window is open. Click here for more information about the Page Setup for charts.
  2. The printer that is currently selected. For more help with choosing a printer, consult your Macintosh Help.
Page Setup Options Provided by the Print Driver or OS X

The macOS Page Setup window has a menu button called Format for. By choosing your particular printer from this menu, you'll see a collection of buttons and features that are provided by the print driver and/or macOS, not Reunion. Examples include page orientation, paper size, scaling, etc.

Page Setup Options Provided by Reunion

To see Reunion's Page Setup options, click the Settings button in the Page Setup window and choose Reunion.

Note: the options shown above will not appear if a chart window is open. If a chart window is open, the page setup window will show options and buttons that apply to charts (not reports). Click here for more information on Page Setup for charts.

Binding Margins

One Page Setup option provided by Reunion is called binding margins. This refers to space that is reserved down the sides of pages for "binding" documents after they are printed.

For example, if you plan to print family group sheets and insert them into a 3-ring spiral binder, you can set up a binding margin so that the information on the left side of the family group sheet isn't "cut" by punching holes. In effect, this moves the form over to permit room for the holes.

Binding margins may be specified on the left or right side of the page. By checking the Alternate button (in the Page Setup window, shown above), the binding margin can begin on the left or right side of the page and then alternate with the other side. The settings in the illustration above would result in the following output:

Most printers can't print completely to the edges of a piece of paper — thus the distance you specify for binding margins will include the area to which your printer cannot print.

Page Setup for Text Reports

When you create a report whose destination is your word processor, Reunion will create an RTF file and open it with your word processor, as explained here. The Page Setup options that are specified in Reunion (when a report destination is Printer) will be applied to the RTF file; however, as explained here, not all word processors honor those settings. (Meaning you'll probably want to choose File > Page Setup after the report appears in your word processor in order to select paper size, orientation, etc.)