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# Setting Page Size and Orientation

Before you design and lay out a page, you need to set your page size and orientation. If you change it after you start creating your form, your objects may have to be rearranged to fit your new page size. Size and orientation are page specific, so you can have forms that mix letter and legal size pages or other combinations if you need them. You may select any of the standard page sizes for a page, or you may create a custom page.

To select a standard page size

1. Click on the FormView tab.

2. Select the page in the tree to display the page properties.

3. Click on the Page Size value field on the property page. A will appear in the field.

4. Click on the to display the drop-down list:

5. Choose the page size you want from the drop-down list.

To create a custom page

1. Click on the FormView tab.

2. Select the page in the tree to display the page properties.

3. Click on the Page Size value field on the property page. A will appear in the field.

4. Click on the and select Custom from the drop-down list.

5. Enter the width you want for your page in the Width value field:

6. Enter the height you want for your page in the Height value field.

To select the page orientation

1. Click on the FormView tab and select the page name in the tree.

2. Click on the Orientation value field. A will appear in the field:

3. Click on the to display the drop-down list:

- Choose Landscape if you want your page to be oriented horizontally.

- Choose Portrait if you want your page to be oriented vertically.

Note:

When you change from portrait to landscape, your page height and width settings are changed to reflect the page orientation. The portrait height setting becomes the landscape width setting and the portrait width setting becomes the landscape height setting. If you change back to portrait, the height and width change back to portrait orientation.