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Q&A Fit page content to paper format in LibreOffice Writer

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 A...

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Wicket‭ · 2023-07-01T11:09:59Z (over 1 year ago)
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Fit page content to paper format in LibreOffice Writer

I have a docx file in A3 format [here](https://share.mb.sb/a3.docx) 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:

  1. In the menu, go to "Format" → "Page Style" and change the paper format from A3 to A4. This breaks the layout.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

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* LibreOffice 7.4.7.2
* Arch Linux 6.3.1
* The used printer is a Brother DCP-L3550CDW, connected via [LPD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Printer_Daemon_protocol), driver is DCP3550W.PPD, version 4.0.9

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![Print dialog in LibreOffice showing that page is cut off](https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/x7vet00z6pqf75kyctemr01b38wz)
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Matthias Braun‭ · 2023-05-15T19:32:34Z (over 1 year ago)
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~~I have a docx file in A3 format [here](https://share.mb.sb/a3.docx) consisting of one page. Using LibreOffice Writer 7.4.7.2 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:
1. In the menu, go to "Format" → "Page Style" and change the paper format from A3 to A4. This breaks the layout.
2. 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.
3. 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.
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~~![Print dialog in LibreOffice showing that page is cut off](https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/x7vet00z6pqf75kyctemr01b38wz)~~

I have a docx file in A3 format [here](https://share.mb.sb/a3.docx) 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:
1. In the menu, go to "Format" → "Page Style" and change the paper format from A3 to A4. This breaks the layout.
2. 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.
3. 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.
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* LibreOffice 7.4.7.2
* Arch Linux 6.3.1
* The used printer is a Brother DCP-L3550CDW, connected via [LPD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Printer_Daemon_protocol), driver is DCP3550W.PPD, version 4.0.9
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![Print dialog in LibreOffice showing that page is cut off](https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/x7vet00z6pqf75kyctemr01b38wz)
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Matthias Braun‭ · 2023-05-14T19:40:27Z (over 1 year ago)

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Fit page content to paper format in LibreOffice Writer

I have a docx file in A3 format [here](https://share.mb.sb/a3.docx) consisting of one page. Using LibreOffice Writer 7.4.7.2 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:

  1. In the menu, go to "Format" → "Page Style" and change the paper format from A3 to A4. This breaks the layout.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

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![Print dialog in LibreOffice showing that page is cut off](https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/x7vet00z6pqf75kyctemr01b38wz)

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