10.4: Print iCal2 month and week views in portrait mode
Aug 17, '05 08:29:00AM • Contributed by: erikw
Aug 17, '05 08:29:00AM • Contributed by: erikw
One of the problems that appeared with iCal 2 (I'm using 2.0.2 for this work-around) in Tiger is the inability to print month and week views in portrait (vertical) mode. iCal automatically rotates the paper to landscape (horizontal) mode, even if you create custom paper sizes opposite to the customary sizes (ie: 11.00" wide by 8.50" tall should print sideways in Portrait mode).
In attempting to outsmart iCal, I created a custom paper size that was square -- 8.50" x 8.50". Unfortunately, it printed on 8.50" from left to right in Landscape mode, leaving a 2.5" white spot on the right side of the still incorrectly-oriented paper. However, on the next attempt to print with the square paper selected, I found that selecting "US Letter" will give you the desired Portrait mode. This works for any size paper, and works after selecting a custom made square paper size. Read on for the detailed step-by-step process...
Here's what you need to do:
- Open any application (other than iCal) with a Page Setup option in the File Menu (Safari works just fine) and select Page Setup.
- Select the Paper Size pop-up and choose Manage Custom Sizes.
- Click the plus button in the bottom left corner to create a new Custom Page Size.
- Name your new size by double-clicking on Untitled and typing. I called my page size iCal Square.
- Now set the Page Size to 8.50 Width and 8.50 Height. Any two identical sizes seem to work, and you can use more familiar sizes for non-US papers.
- Click OK to close the Custom Page Sizes dialog, then click OK to close the Page Setup dialog.
- Open iCal. If iCal is already open, quit iCal and open it again. This seems to help the print dialog recognize your new or modified custom page Sizes.
- Choose Print from the File menu. Select your new custom page size from the Paper pop-up. It should appear at the bottom of the list.
- Press Cancel to close the dialog without printing.
- Now choose Print again. Your paper selection should be the custom page size you selected (iCal Square in my case). Re-selecting US Letter (or your preferred paper size) will give you a portrait version of the month or week view. Note that if you select day or list view, iCal will revert back to landscape when you re-select month or week.
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