Issue
Resizing the drawing from 11"x17" to 17"x22" just enlarged the size of the objects. No additional space was available for more objects.
Environment
WorkPlace Tech Tool software (any version)
Supported version of Microsoft Visio
Cause
Changing the Visio "Printer Paper" size does not resize the WPT drawing page size.
Resolution
Both the Device Definition page and the Background page needs to be resized and the resizing is a two step process.
- Select "Background" tab
- From File menu, select "Page Setup"
- Click "Page Size" tab - this window shows current drawing page size
- Select the desired drawing page size either by selecting a pre-defined size or a custom size. We distribute our pre-defined application files with the page size set to 25% oversize (for printing on 11x17 paper) -- custom size 13.75" x 21.25"
- Click "Print Setup" page and select your printer paper size in the first field (we use Tabloid (B) 11in x 17in)
- In the Print Zoom section of the window, select Fit to 1 across x 1 down
- Click OK to save the settings and close the window.
- Select "Device Definition" page and repeat steps 2 through 7 on that drawing page.
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If there are any other pages in the application drawing, such as custom object pages, repeat step 8 (including 2 through 7) for each of those pages.
