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Your paper selection creates the background size for the Layout Image.
The background size is NOT USUALLY the paper size in your printer's paper tray.<br/>
The background size cannotmust be smallerbig thanenough to hold your largest pattern piece.
A multisheet Layout Image is created when the background size can hold your largest pattern piece but can't hold ALL pattern pieces.
 
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== Create a Layout Image ==
 
=== Select the Layout Image background size ===
Select a Layout Image background size from the paper sizes or create a custom paper size.<br/>
The background size width must be wide enoughable to hold your biggest pattern piece, otherwise this error message appears: '''''"Several workpieces left not arranged, but none of them match for paper."'''''<br/>
The background size is not required to equal the paper size you will print on, <br/>
TheTo backgroundprint papera Layout Image as a tiled PDF, the background size must be bigger than the size of the paper in your printer ifand youmust willbe printbig asenough tiledto PDF.hold all pattern pieces.<br/>
The background size width must be wide enough to hold your biggest pattern piece, otherwise this error message appears: "Several workpieces left not arranged, but none of them match for paper."<br/>
 
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** Begin with width and length larger than you need and reduce to find best size
 
=== Review Dialog options ===before clicking 'OK'.
Select your printer to reserve the correct border widths for printer margins
Select '''Unite pages if possible''' to convert a multisheet Layout Image into a single sheet Layout Image.
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== Print a Layout Image==
Select '''File/Layout/Print''' if your single or multisheet Layout Image background size fits within your printer paper.
Select '''File/Layout/SavePrint as Tiled PDF''' to saveif your single sheet Layout Image asbackground asize tiledis PDF.bigger <br/>than your printer paper.
 
''Note: If your single or multisheet Layout Image background size matches (or is smallerbigger than) your printer paper:, Selectthen you should recreate your '''File/Layout/Print' Image''
If your single sheet Layout Image size is too big for your printer paper: Select '''File/Layout/Print as Tiled PDF''' (not for multisheet Layout Images)
 
== Save a Layout Image ==
Select '''File/Layout/Save as Tiled PDF''' to save your single sheet Layout Image as a tiled PDF. <br/>
 
===Save as Tiled PDF===
Select '''File/Layout/Save as Tiled PDF''' to save your Layout Image as a tiled PDF. <br/>
When you read or print this tiled PDF, your application must import the PDF at 96ppi and the 'Scale to Fit' print option should be de-selected.
 
UseSelect '''File/Layout/Export''' to save and export the Layout Image to a '''raster''' (.png, .jpeg) or '''vector''' (.pdf, .hpgl, .eps, .ps, .svg, .dxf) file format.<br/>
===For all other saving and exporting===
Use '''File/Layout/Export''' to save and export the Layout Image to a '''raster''' (.png, .jpeg) or '''vector''' (.pdf, .hpgl, .eps, .ps, .svg, .dxf) file format.<br/>
 
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