Page Setup Options

The Page Setup dialog allows you to modify standard printer parameters, such as Paper, Orientation and Margins, and to add various kinds of information to the Header, Footer and Page of your printed diagram.

You can arrive at the Page Setup dialog by selecting File > Page Setup, or by clicking the Page Setup button in the Print Diagram dialog (see Printing Diagrams).

The following fields let you specify the content of the header and footer:
Option Description

Header

Specifies the content of the page header. You can insert fixed text and use the arrow button to the right of the field to insert one or more of the following variables:
  • Current Date - inserts the date
  • Current Time - inserts the time
  • Current Page - inserts the content of the Page field
  • Last Page - inserts the number of the last page
  • Diagram - inserts the diagram name
  • Location - inserts the file path
  • Model - inserts the model name
  • Package - inserts the package name
  • Module - inserts the model type
  • Application Name - inserts "PowerDesigner"

Footer

Specifies the content of the page footer. You can insert fixed text and use the arrow button to the right of the field to insert the same variables as for the page header.

Page

Specifies the page number format to use in the header and footer. You can insert fixed text and use the arrow button to the right of the field to insert one or more of the following variables:
  • Page Row - inserts the diagram pagination grid row number. This can be useful to help assemble large diagrams printed on multiple pages. You may need to zoom out to see the diagram pagination grid:
    Diagram Grid
  • Page Column - inserts the diagram pagination grid column number
  • Page Number - inserts the standard page number