In the Android/iOS version, the command is locked. (To unlock the command, see Welcome.)
To print the current document, choose the command File | Print 
.
The program displays the following dialog box:
Before you actually print anything, you can check the print preview on the right side of the dialog box. This feature enables you to avoid wasting paper on test prints. For more information on using this feature, see "Print preview" below.
Note: Changes you make in the above print dialog box are applied directly to the document and are retained, even if you close the dialog box without printing.
You can make the following settings on the left side of the dialog box:
Printer
Here, select which of the installed printers should print the printout.
The Setup button opens a window for setting up and configuring the printer. For more information, see your printer manual.
Linux users can also specify here the command to be used to initiate the printing process.
MacOS and iOS users select the printer including its setup via the Print button.
Selecting the parts of the document to be printed
In this dropdown menu, you can specify which parts of the document should be printed:
▪Print all
| Print the entire document with all pages. |
▪Print text selection
| Print only the section that is currently selected in the document. This option only appears if you have selected certain passages in your document. |
▪Current page
| Only print the page that is displayed in the print preview. |
| Note: For certain zoom levels in the print preview (e.g. multiple pages side by side), the desired page for printing may not be shown. Then adjust the zoom level in such a way that only one whole page is displayed at a time in the preview. |
▪Print pages
| Print only the specified pages. |
| If you use this option, an additional input field Pages opens below the dropdown menu. Enter the desired page numbers here. |
| Some examples: |
12 |
Print page 12 only |
12-15 |
Print pages 12 to 15 |
12- |
Print page 12 and all of the following pages |
-12 |
Print pages 1 to 12 |
| You can also enter more than one such page number by separating them with commas: |
2-5, 12 |
Print pages 2 to 5 and page 12 |
etc. |
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▪Copies: Here, you can specify the number of copies of the document to be printed.
▪If you click on the "More options" link at the bottom of the dialog box, you will find additional options for the pages to be printed. For more information, see "More options” below.
Page formatting
In these three dropdown menus, you can define common settings for the Page format (orientation, page size and page margins).
▪Orientation
| Here, you can specify the Orientation of the document on the printed page: Portrait or Landscape. |
▪Paper size
| Here you can specify the paper size for the printed pages. The dropdown list Paper size contains all paper sizes that are supported by the current printer. |
| However, you can also enter custom values manually under Width and Height by clicking on the "Page setup" link. A dialog box will open that corresponds to the command Layout | Page setup. For more information, see also Page setup. |
▪Margins
| You can set the page margins here You can find further settings by clicking on the "Page setup" link. The program opens a dialog box that corresponds to the command Layout | Page setup. For more information, see Page setup. |
Mail merge
An additional dropdown menu appears in the dialog box if you have assigned records from a database to your document to create a mail merge. For more information, see also the next section Printing a mail merge
More options
Click on the "More options" link at the bottom of the dialog box to open another dialog box with additional printing options:
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▪Pages to print
| Here, you can specify whether all selected pages or only pages with even or odd page numbers should be printed. |
▪Pages per sheet
| TextMaker usually prints only one page per sheet. However, you can instruct the program to output four pages (scaled down accordingly) per sheet at a time. |
▪Collate copies
| This option specifies whether to sort the print output by page number when printing multiple copies of a document. |
| If you enable this option and print multiple copies of a document with, for example, three pages, the pages will be output in the following order: 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, and so on. |
| If it is not enabled, the order will be: 1-1-1..., 2-2-2..., 3-3-3... |
| Note: Not all printers support this feature. |
▪Print to file
| This option redirects the print output to a file instead of a physical printer. |
▪Print comments
| The comments are also output in the printout. |
▪Print changes
| Highlighting for all changes to the document that were recorded with the "Track changes" function are also output in the printout. For more information, see Reviewing documents) |
▪Drop pictures
| This option skips all pictures and drawings when printing (useful for fast test printouts). |
▪Reverse order
| This option prints the pages from last to first. |
▪Double-sided printing (Windows and Linux only)
| Instead of Single-sided printing only on the front of a page, you can set here for printing to also be performed on the back of a page ("duplex printing"): |
| Double sided, long edge means that you can turn the pages like a book. |
| Double sided, short edge means that you scroll the pages upwards like a clipboard. |
| Note: Your printer must support duplex printing in order to be able to use this feature. |
Page setup
When you click on the "Page Setup" link at the bottom of the dialog box, a dialog box will be opened that corresponds to the command Layout | Page setup.
Here you will find advanced options for page formatting – in addition to orientation, paper size, and margins, there are also settings for book layout, gutter or paper trays, for example. For more information, see Page setup.
Print preview
The print preview on the right side of the dialog box displays a document on the screen exactly as it will look in the printout. You can use it to check whether the data is correctly arranged on the pages and make adjustments before starting to print.
The buttons for the print preview
These buttons below the print preview are used to scroll between pages. The two outer buttons jump to the first/last page. The two inner buttons scroll to the previous/next page.
The input field in the middle lets you jump to a specific page. Type in the page number here and press the Enter key↵.
Zoom slider
You can use the zoom slider in the bottom right corner to change the zoom level of the print preview. To change the zoom level, either drag the slider with your mouse or click on the plus or minus icon.
Tip: Also note the key combination Ctrl+middle mouse wheel for continuous zooming.
Click on the icon 
to the left of the slider to display exactly one full page in the print preview.