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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.

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

Tool

Description

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].

[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].

[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].

[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]

[Single page view]

Or click [View] - [Single page view].

[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].

[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].

[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].