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Fit page content to paper format in LibreOffice Writer
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I have a docx file in A3 format here consisting of one page. Using LibreOffice Writer, I'd like to scale it down to A4 without breaking the layout.
Eventually, I want to print the document on an A4 page.
Things I've tried:
- In the menu, go to "Format" → "Page Style" and change the paper format from A3 to A4. This breaks the layout.
- In the print dialog, I looked for an option equivalent to "fit content to print page". When setting the paper size to A4, the printed page has a lot of content cut off on the left and right sides. See the screenshot below.
- Export the document to a PDF using LibreOffice, open it with Zathura (a PDF viewer), and print the page. That works: The entire content is printed to an A4 page.
I wonder if there's a way to fit the document's page to the paper's format without having to first export it to a PDF.
- LibreOffice 7.4.7.2
- Arch Linux 6.3.1
- The used printer is a Brother DCP-L3550CDW, connected via LPD, driver is DCP3550W.PPD, version 4.0.9
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