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.
You can use a number of tools in the [Preview] view.
Tool |
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Zoom selection |
Type the zoom factor. Or click [View] - [Zoom]. |
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[Zoom in] or [Zoom out] Or click [Tools] - [Zoom out] / [Zoom in]. |
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[Select page] Or click [Tools] - [Select pages]. |
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[Drag] Use this tool to drag the page in the [Preview] view. Or click [Tools] - [Drag]. |
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[Color picker] Point this tool to text and graphical objects to see the color information. The color picker cannot retrieve the exact colors of an unsupported [Color space]. Or click [Tools] - [Color picker]. |
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[Select object] Use the [Select object] tool to select an object. A blue border is placed around the selected object. Press button 'CTRL' to select multiple objects. Or click [Tools] - [Select object]. |
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[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]. ![]() Press <Shift> on the keyboard and select with the mouse to select and invert an area with one action. |
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[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]. |
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[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. |
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[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. |
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[First page] |
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[Previous page] |
Current page |
Shows the current page number. |
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[Next page] |
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[Last page] |
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[Single page view] Or click [View] - [Single page view]. |
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[Stacked view] In a stacked view the selected pages are displayed on top of each other in see-through mode (transparent background). The current page is displayed in a green color to make it stand out in the stacked view. Or click [View] - [Stacked view]. |
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[Mirrored stacked view] In a stacked view the selected pages are displayed on top of each other in see-through mode (transparent background). The current page is displayed in a green color to make it stand out in the stacked view. All selected pages are stacked with the even pages shown in a mirrored way. In the [Mirrored stacked view] you can check the margins on all sides of the pages. Or click [View] - [Mirrored stacked view]. |
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[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]. |