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The tools in the preview view

The preview view is a WYSIWYG preview that shows all settings that affect the appearance of your document. For example staples, tab captions, page numbers and so on.

For all fold types which are applied on document level, animations are available to see how the page(s) are folded. See Define the fold settings for the procedure.

You can use a number of tools in the [Preview] view.

Tool

Description

Zoom selection

Type the zoom factor.

Or click [View] - [Zoom].

[Facing pages view]

The pages are displayed as they appear in a book. You can fold or unfold pages that have a sheet fold. Move your mouse over the outermost fold pane of such a sheet. An arrow becomes available. With this arrow, you can toggle between the folded and unfolded view.

Or click [View] - [Facing pages view].

[Continuous pages view]

The pages are displayed underneath each other. The pages are always shown unfolded. This view is available when your [Document type] is set to [Normal] or to [Perfect Binding]. This view is also available when a document fold is chosen that applies to all pages in the document.

Or click [View] - [Continuous view].

[Thumbnail view]

Use the thumbnail view for easy navigation and organisation of the document pages

Or click [View] - [Thumbnail view].

[Folded pages view]

The pages with sheet fold settings are displayed folded. The pages are displayed as they appear in a book. When a fold setting is applied, the fold lines are displayed in the [Preview] view.

Or click [View] - [Folded pages view].

[Unfolded pages view]

The pages with sheet fold settings are displayed unfolded. The pages are displayed as they appear in a book. When a fold setting is applied, the fold lines are displayed in the [Preview] view.

Or click [View] - [Unfolded view].

[Select page]

Or click [Tools] - [Select pages].

[Drag]

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

Or click [Tools] - [Drag].

[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.

[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 frame(s).

[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.