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Quick instructions for printing standard documents
Follow the instructions in this section to print a standard document:
mstandard paper size (8.5" by 11" in the United States)
mplain paper
mportrait page orientation (so when you look at the printed page, it is longer than it is wide)
mno special effects and normal print quality
Assuming you have already selected the printer in the Chooser as described earlier in this chapter, and that the printer is filled with standard paper, you need only follow these steps:
1While the document is in an active window, choose Print from the File menu.
The Print dialog box opens on your screen.
2Click the Print button.
After a few moments, the document starts to print. If background printing is turned on, you can continue working while the document is printing. You can also monitor and control the documents that are waiting to print. (See “Monitoring and Controlling Background Printing,” later in this chapter.)