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The tools in the preview view

The preview view is a WYSIWYG preview that shows how the production settings affect the appearance of your document. You can use a number of tools in the [Preview] view.

Tool

Description

  • [Thumbnail view]

    Click this icon on the left-hand side of the preview to display the thumbnail of each page. All thumbnails are of identical size, independent of the sheet size.

  • [Production settings]

    Click this icon on the right-hand side of the preview to hide the production settings.

[Thumbnail view] - [Pin or unpin the dialog]

The thumbnail view closes when you click outside the thumbnail dialog.

[Thumbnail view] - keep the thumbnail view open

The thumbnail view remains open when you click outside the thumbnail dialog.

This icon is displayed in the thumbnail view for each sheet with a marked page.

Blue background

The thumbnail view can mark sheets with a blue background. These are the sheets with marked pages.

  • [Print range] = [Selected sheets]

    The printer only prints the sheets with marked pages.

  • [Thumbnail view]

    Click this icon on the left-hand side of the preview to hide the thumbnail view.

  • [Production settings]

    Click this icon on the right-hand side of the preview to show the production settings.

Zoom selection

Type the zoom factor.

[Show the content of the pages]

Show or hide the content of the pages in the preview. This setting can be used in combination with setting [Show abstract symbols on the pages].

[Show abstract symbols on the pages]

Show or hide the abstract symbols on the pages in the preview. The abstract symbols show the page number and the imposition layout of the page. This setting can be used in combination with setting [Show the content of the pages].

[Trim box]

Click this icon to view the size of the trimmed page. The trimmed page contains the page content. The trim box is shown as a dotted line.

Click this icon to toggle the visibility of the margins around the edges of the paper where ink cannot be applied by the printer.