Scale to fit in PRINT DIALOG

Question

Is there a way to scale to fit in the print dialog? Does anyone know where this is and how to save these? The settings seem to be splayed across Numbers, Layout and Paper Handling Tabs and I really wish they had put this together in a more straightforward way.
This dialog drives me nuts when I have two printers and a jillion pieces of software that I am printing out of.
Is there a way to scale a numbers spreadsheet to FIT onto 8 x 11 or 8 x 14 or 11 x 17 inch paper? I often need to print the SAME DOCUMENT out on different paper sizes and I can't seem to find a scale to fit in the print dialog that works.
I am using an HP 8500 and a HP 1700.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello
If you don't want to apply the trials scheme every time, you may use these scripts.
The first one allows you to grab the exact scale value which you defined one by the trials scheme.
--{code}
--[SCRIPT get_Scale_value]
Here the code is in it's extended shape to show the way I got the infos allowing me to build it
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2011/10/20
property workInProgress : false
true = activate the instructions grabbing informative infos
false = drop the instructions grabbing informative infos
on run
          local the_window, previewIsActive, currentValue
          tell application "Numbers" to activate
          tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Numbers"
                    set the_window to name of first window whose subrole is "AXStandardWindow"
                    tell window the_window
                              if workInProgress then class of every UI element
{button, button, button, splitter group, pop up button, pop up button, static text, color well, checkbox, checkbox, checkbox, checkbox, checkbox, checkbox, checkbox, checkbox, checkbox, checkbox, checkbox, checkbox, checkbox, menu button, button, button, menu button, pop up button, image, static text, tool bar, button, image, static text, grow area}
                              tell first splitter group
                                        if workInProgress then class of every UI element
  --> {splitter group, splitter, splitter group}
                                        if workInProgress then class of every UI element of first splitter group
  --> {scroll area, splitter, scroll area, scroll area} not for us !
                                        if workInProgress then class of every UI element of last splitter group
  --> {splitter group, splitter, scroll area} It's ours !
                                        tell last splitter group
                                                  if workInProgress then class of every UI element
  --> {splitter group, splitter, scroll area}
                                                  tell first splitter group
                                                            if workInProgress then class of every UI element
  --> {scroll area, scroll area}
                                                            if workInProgress then class of every UI element of first scroll area
  --> {text area, scroll bar}
  class of every UI element of last scroll area
--> {UI element, scroll bar, scroll bar, UI element, UI element, pop up button, button} it's ours but don't show Preview
or
--> {UI element, scroll bar, scroll bar, UI element, UI element, pop up button, button, slider, group} it's ours showing Preview
                                                            set previewIsActive to result contains slider
                                                  end tell -- first splitter group
                                        end tell -- last splitter group
                              end tell -- first splitter group
                    end tell -- Window
If needed, trigger "Show Preview before Print" *)
                    if not previewIsActive then
                              tell menu bar 1 to tell menu bar item 9 to tell menu 1 to click menu item 1
                    end if
                    tell window the_window to tell first splitter group to tell last splitter group to tell first splitter group to tell last scroll area
                              repeat
                                        if (get class of every UI element) contains slider then exit repeat
                              end repeat
                              set currentValue to get value of first slider
  --> 0.456789
                    end tell
          end tell -- System Events
  set the clipboard to currentValue as text
  activate
          if my parleAnglais() then
                    display dialog "The scale value : " & currentValue & " is in the clipboard."
          else
                    display dialog "L’échelle : " & currentValue & " est dans le presse-papiers."
          end if
end run
--=====
on parleAnglais()
          local z
          try
                    tell application "Numbers" to set z to localized string "Cancel"
          on error
                    set z to "Cancel"
          end try
          return (z is not "Annuler")
end parleAnglais
--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
--{code}
Store this scale value in a safe area to be able to reuse it.
The next time you will want to reuse the same setting, run the second script and type the scale value.
The script will apply this exact value to the document.
--{code}
--[SCRIPT set_Scale_value]
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2011/10/20
if my parleAnglais() then
          set maybe to display dialog "Type the scale to apply" default answer (0.456789 as text)
else
          set maybe to display dialog "Saisir l’échelle à appliquer" default answer (0.456789 as text)
end if
set the_scale to (text returned of maybe) as number
tell application "Numbers" to activate
tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Numbers"
          set the_window to name of first window whose subrole is "AXStandardWindow"
          tell window the_window to tell first splitter group to tell last splitter group to tell first splitter group
                    set previewActive to class of every UI element of last scroll area contains slider
          end tell -- Window
          if not previewActive then
                    tell menu bar 1 to tell menu bar item 9 to tell menu 1 to click menu item 1 --Show Preview before Print
          end if
          tell window the_window to tell first splitter group to tell last splitter group to tell first splitter group to tell last scroll area
                    set value of first slider to the_scale
          end tell
end tell -- System Events
--=====
on parleAnglais()
          local z
          try
                    tell application "Numbers" to set z to localized string "Cancel"
          on error
                    set z to "Cancel"
          end try
          return (z is not "Annuler")
end parleAnglais
--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
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