The tools in the preview view

Zoom selection

Type the zoom factor.

Or click [View] - [Zoom].

[Zoom in]  or [Zoom out] 

Or click [Tools] - [Zoom out] / [Zoom in].

[Select page] 

Or click [Tools] - [Select pages].

[Drag] 

Use this tool to drag the page in the [Preview] view.

Or click [Tools] - [Drag].

[Select area with rectangle] 

You can draw a selection rectangle using your mouse. The selected area is visible by a dotted line around the selected area. To reset a selection, click your mouse inside the [Preview] view.

Or click [Tools] - [Select area with rectangle].

NOTE

Press <Shift> on the keyboard and select with the mouse to select and invert an area with one action.

[Select area inside guidelines] 

You can select an area that is marked by guidelines and page-borders by clicking inside this area. The selected area is visible by a dotted line around the selected area. To reset a selection, click your mouse inside the [Preview] view.

Or click [Tools] - [Select area inside guidelines].

[Repeated selection] 

Click the [Repeated selection] tool to define repeated selections. A spinbox appears. You can define the number of pages for the repeated selections with the spinbox.

[Invert selected area] 

Click the [Invert selected area] button to select the page content outside the initially selected area.

For example, you select a Company logo. Then you click the [Invert selected area] button. Now, the page content without the Company logo is selected.

[First page] 

[Previous page] 

Current page

Shows the current page number.

[Next page] 

[Last page] 

[First variable data document] 

Select the first row in the data source file.

[Previous variable data document] 

Select the previous row in the data source file.

Current row

Shows the number of the currently selected row. The content of the currently selected row is displayed in the frames.

[Next variable data document] 

Select the next row in the data source file.

[Last variable data document] 

Select the last row in the data source file.

[Show the content outside of the page] 

Select this option if you want to show the content outside of the page. In this view the bleed margin is indicated by a dotted line around the page.

Or click [View] - [Show content outside of page].