Printing Preferences
The Printing tab of the Preferences dialog lets you modify Z-Write's printing options.

Important: If you are using a Default Template, printing options affect only the current document. To set default printing settings for new documents, change the settings within your Default Template file.

Margins
This is where you specify the top, bottom, left, and right margins for your document. Measurements are in inches.

Header/Footer
The "Edit Header/Footer" button allows you to customize the Header and Footer of the current document. If no document is open, editing this will set the Default Header and Footer, which are used for all new documents if you are not using a Default Template (the Header and Footer set in the Default Template takes priority). (See the "Headers and Footers" section for specific details.) You can also turn the header and footer off or on here.

Line Spacing
Z-Write also lets you set the leading, or line spacing (the space between lines of type). By default Z-Write uses the typesetting standard of 120% (so 12-point text prints with 14.4 points of leading). This is a line spacing of one. You can set your line spacing to 1.5 (150%), 2 (200%), or 3 (300%). Note that this setting is global to the entire document: it affects everything that is printed. There is no way to set a particular paragraph to a different amount of leading.

Z-Write uses proportional leading, so if you make some text in the middle of a paragraph extra-large, the leading will be different for that line.

Sections Start On New Page
This option automatically puts in a page break at the beginning of a Section when you are printing multiple Sections. (You can manually insert page breaks wherever you want with the Insert Page Break menu command.)

Auto-Resize
The most innovative print feature of Z-Write is the "Auto-Resize" option. This allows you to enter in a number (in typeface points), and Z-Write will resize all text in your document by the specified amount. If you enter a positive number, the text is enlarged. If you enter a negative number, the text is shrunk. For example, a "-2" would make all 14-point text print as 12-point, and 18-point subheads would print as 16-point.

The advantage of Auto-Resize is that it allows you to edit your text at a large, readable size, then print it at a more appropriate 10- or 12-point. This is better than using the percentage reduction feature of your print driver, as that reduces the entire page, giving you distorted margins. Z-Write recomposes your document at print time at the new size, so it's also great for making more text fit on fewer pages.