Viewing a Tech Pack / Report

The Preview window displays the generated tech pack or report.

You can use different tools to print the tech pack or the report, change the page setup, zoom in/out, change the page color and more.

To view a report:

Generate the tech pack or report.

The tech pack / report opens in Preview mode as follows:

Use the tools in the toolbar as follows:

Tool

Description

Document

 

Open

Opens a new document.

Save

Saves the current document.

Print

 

Print

Sends the document to the printer. You can select another printer, define number of copies, etc.

Quick Print

Sends the document to the default printer. You cannot select another printer with this option.

Options

Allows you to edit printing options.

Parameters

Allows you to edit report parameters.

Page Setup

 

Header/Footer

Allows you to edit the header/footer in the document.

Scale

Allows you to stretch or shrink the printed output to a percentage of the actual size.

Margins

Allows to you define the margins of the document. You can either select a preset or customize your own margins.

Orientation

Allows you to change the page orientation: portrait/landscape.

Size

Allows you to select the paper size of the document.

Navigation

 

Find

Allows you to search for text in the document.

Thumbnails

Allows you to navigate through the document via thumbnails.

Bookmarks

Allows you to navigate through the document via a document map.

Editing Fields

If turned on, highlights all fields that are editable in the document.

First Page

Allows you to navigate to the first page of the document.

Previous Page

Allows you to navigate to the previous page.

Next Page

Allows you to navigate to the next page.

Last Page

Allows you to navigate to the last page of the document.

Zoom

 

Mouse Pointer

Shows the mouse pointer

Hand Tool

Allows you to manually scroll through the pages in the document.

Magnifier

Allows you to use the magnify tool to zoom into the document with one click.

Many Pages

Allow you to arrange the layout of the pages in the document.

Zoom Out

Allows you to zoom out so you can see more of a page at a reduced size.

Zoom

Allows you to manually change the zoom level.

Zoom In

Allows you to zoom in so you can get a close-up view of the document.

Page Background

 

Page Color

Allows you to choose a background color of the document.

Watermark

Allows you to add a watermark to the document.

Export

 

Export To

Allows you to export the document to another format, such as PDF, HTML, etc.

Email As

Allows you to export the document to another format and attach to an email.

Close

 

Close

Allows you to close the print preview.

 

Related links

About Tech Pack Essentials

Generating a Tech Pack Essentials

About Report Writer

Generating a Report for a Single PDS File