I cannot figure out how to "shrink to fit" a page on the paper size. I have looked through everything and it doesn't help that the HELP menu doesn't include words like shrink to fit or reduce to fit. I often have to squeeze all I need on a page and only want it shrunk to fit the paper size (because my printer has minimal margins). Where is this or why is it not an easily found button/menu item? I looked through all the print menu options, too. 😟
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
When in doubt, check the menus...
I don't like the notation for this pair. > and < are both 'upper case' characters, and require the shift key, as well as the command key. I'd prefer to see it included in the description, as is done for Show/Hide Layout, Show/Hide Invisibles, etc. That's also true for the command - {, command - |, and command - } combinations used for left, center, and right alignment of text in selected paragraphs. Without shift included, you get command - [, command - \ and command - ], KB shortcuts for decrease indent, nothing, and increase indent.
Bottom line: (shift -) command - > and (shift -) command - < zoom the page, with shift included in the keystroke combination whether or not it's included in the notation.
command - < (without pressing shift) is command - , and opens the application's Preferences dialogue.
command - > (without pressing shift) is command - . Prior to OS X, this stopped the current routine, providing an escape route from a process that was running in circles. In OS X it sounds a beep, but does nothing beyond that.
command - - (command - hyphen) decreases the size of the selected text (by one point).
command - + (command - plus) increases the size of the selected text (by one point).
Both of these work with the shift key included or omitted.
Regards,
Barry
PeterBreis0807 wrote:
Just try it, it works with both shift and non shift.
What I posted above is a report of a series of trials and their results. And looking back at it, I did say, "Both of these work with the shift key included or omitted," in the set for increasing or reducing font size.
But I do see where the problem lies—in the typographic ambiguity of your initial post:
"click in text > Select all (command a) > command shift - > until it fits"
Looks like both Walt and I read that last > as a literal rather than a 'next step' indicator.
The more common convention in this forum and its previous versions for writing down keystroke combinations has been to use a hyphen to connect the keynames in the set:
eg. command-S for Save, shift-command-S for the late, lamented Save As...
For keystroke combinations whose 'action' stroke is the hyphen/minus sign, my own practice has usually been to slip into the Windows world for a moment and adopt that community's use of the + sign as the connector:
command+-
or to add the name of the final keystroke:
command - - (hyphen)
As I did above.
Looking back, I see we were both describing the same pair of keystroke sets for increasing/decreasing the size of text—the pair shown in the Format Font submenu in my earlier post as:
Regards,
Barry
The Scale to fit paper size might be a bit hidden.
1. Command + P to print
2. Click on the options under Presets
Third row (Copies & Pages) could be the default so click there to see other options
3.Choose Paper Handling
4. Check Scale to fit paper size
5. Click print to print your page(s)
Notes: If you want to print multiple copies scaled to fit paper size set the number of copies first after command + P (or File --> Print )
All that works great unless you have a mix of text and pictures. In the print section you can scale your page. However that seems like a poor solution, for something that is pretty standard in other WP programs.
DayleneS - I am rereading your post and It would help if you told us why and what you want to shrink to fit. In Pages you see the paper size that you have chosen in WYSIWYG = what you see is what you get.
Also tell us more specifically what the problem is. Did you create the document in Pages or did you imort/open another applications document in Pages?
I'm just used to using this feature in Microsoft products. Whether it is word processing or spreadsheets when you select printing options you have option to "shrink to fit" entering the number of pages wide and number of pages long. I wish this was a feature for all Mac software. I don't use Numbers because it is so much easier to use Excel. In my original post I was referring to using the entire page on Pages and then when I print it, the edges are cut off. The only way to get around is to adjust margins BUT if I want all on one page it may not do this as it may go over to a second page. I wish there was a feature that gave option of fitting to one page. Like above mentioned, you may have pictures and text and this is a pain to resize all. Thanks for trying to help.
Command-T will bring you the Fonts pane.
Select the text and move the slider up and down.
Jerry
It is called Scale to fit paper size and is in every OSX print dialogue under Layout > Paper Handling.
Which to me seems a fairly logical and correctly titled option.
Peter
There isn't any specific button or menu item for that. You have to change the font size and object size to make everything fit on a page.
click in text > Select all (command a) > command shift - > until it fits
Peter
Peter,
On my keyboard that zooms in on the page; doesn’t affect the text.
Walt
Mine is a recent install (Lion) Walt, so I haven't changed anything.
Zoom on page is command < and >
Peter
Just try it, it works with both shift and non shift.
Peter
Its called "ToolsShrinktoFit". Took me forever to find!
Walter,
Where did you find it?
Jerry
shrink to fit printing
