.xls files in Numbers printing Landscape, can't get Portrait

I searched and found one similar post with no resolution:
I open an .xls file with numbers, the inspector(sheet inspector) shows I have it as portrait, but when I select "print" and the print dialog appears, it shows the .xls file on a landscape background and prints it as such.
In that print dialog, there is nowhere for me to select portrait.
It's obviously a little frustrating, as the spreadsheet does not fit correctly. I'm trying to avoid having to save as a different file type.
This is an excel file from my PC that is now on my MAC. It did print portrait on the PC.
Does anyone know what to do?
Thx

Thanks for the help all,
It appears that the print area is removed when opening the file with Numbers and because of some empty cells and the print sequence being left to right then down, and left to right, this was causing it to print in landscape regardless of the settings for the document.
I appreciate you posting the image of where the orientation is at the bottom when in print view, which I've found is the same setting found in the sheet inspector.
The extra cells I mentioned showed as additional sheets, which once deleted, solved my problem.
Thanks again!

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