Auto Fit Printing

[Anuviel]

Is there a way when printing a record to choose fit to a page / shrink to fit so that the record will be automatically sized so that it fits onto one page?

Thank you.,

[bcooney]

If you're looking for Excel-like shrink to fit, then no.

[Vaughan]

As Barbara says, no.

The only method is to develop different versions of the same page design, each with changes to make it fit onto a single page. Say, use smaller fonts or something.

Then when printing the page, preview the largest layout, change to the last page. If there is more than one page, change to the next layout and preview again. Rinse and repeat until the record fits on one page (or you run out of layouts).

[Anuviel]

Thank you. Yes, that was what I was looking for. A really neat feature.

Any way of accomplishing something like that other then duplicating a layout and making it small enough?

[Anuviel]

Thank you.

[weststreet]

We have about 40 clients of FM8 on a mix of OS X Macs, and XP SP2 PC's. I have 2 main layouts that are printed by all of them at 85% and at 65%. The Macs scale anything they print without a problem. The XP machines will do it to most printers (not all) depending on their drivers. You can disable "Advanced Features" on an HP, for instance, and then set the percentage you want it ot print at, and it works like a charm. We do it everyday.

Now install 8.5, and all bets are off. FM called this a bug in version 8. I say we need more of this kind of bug. I have the upgrade to 9, but can't install until I resize some pretty busy layouts.