Page Setup View

The Page Setup pane is available from the Printing group or the File menu of the Home tab. Once displayed, the pane can be docked in the dock panel, just like the other Graphic Editor views.

Page Setup Pane

Page Setup Pane

Section

Field

Description

Documents

Look In

Select a print option from the drop-down menu to choose what to print:

  • Current Document – Prints the active document.
  • All Open Documents – Prints all open documents.

NOTE: When either one of the above options are selected, the Type and Name options are inactive.

  • Entire Project – Allows you to print all project documents, and any open graphics.

Type

Select what type of document to filter.

Only active when the Entire Project option is chosen in the Documents section.

Name

Enter text to filter by a document’s name.

Print Single Documents

Print the documents selected in the Look In field as one single document. No print preview provided if this option is chosen.

NOTE: Disabled if Current Document is selected.

Print Only Visible Part

Print only the area of the current document that is visible and has the current focus.

NOTE: In the Graphics Viewer, this feature is enabled by default.

Zoom

100%

View the document at a 100% zoom-factor.

Custom

Enter a value to adjust the zoom-factor rate at which you want to view the document.

Fit to Page

Grow

Increase the graphic to fit on the selected number of pages as entered in the Number of Sheets area.

Shrink

Decrease the graphic to fit on the selected number of pages as entered in the Number of Sheets area.

Number of Sheets

Across – Enter a value to specify how many sheets are displayed.

Down - Enter a value to specify how many sheets are displayed vertically.

Alignment

Select the positioning of the graphics on the page. The sample graphic updates when you make your selection.

Paper Format

Paper Form

 

Select a page size and format from the drop-down menu.

Select the orientation of the printed documentation:

  • Portrait
  • Landscape

Margins

Left

Enter a value to set the left margin.

Right

Enter a value to set the right margin.

Top

Enter a value to set the top margin.

Bottom

Enter a value to set the bottom margin.

Units

Select the measurement type to apply to the margin scale from the drop-down menu. Options include inches, millimeters, and pixels.

Mini Preview Pane

Display a sample graphic of how the document will print. The sample graphics automatically adjusts with each selection made in the Page Setup pane. Margins can be adjusted by clicking on the blue margin lines.

Content

Color Mode

Select how you want to print the content, header, and footer, choose from:

  • Color – Document is printed using the original colors.
  • Grayscale – Document is printed using a grayscale color scheme.

Save Ink Mode

 

Select to either print the document in its original color state, or select from one of two ink-saving modes:

  • Original – Print documents as created.
  • No Background – Set the document background to white. Additionally, the nearly-white colors (#FFFFFFFE) in all fill, stroke, background, shadow and glow properties are set to black. Images and XPS elements are not affected.
  • Wireframe – Set the document background to white. Additionally, all fill and background properties are set to white. If the border of a modified shape is not set or transparent, it is also set to black.

Graphic Mode

Print documents in the following modes:

In Design mode, the document prints:

  • Without animation
  • Invisible elements
  • Grid and guidelines, if enabled
  • Content outside the graphic boundaries

In Runtime mode, the document prints:

  • Animation, without actual values – values set to zero for printing purposes.
  • Content inside the graphic boundaries

In Online mode, the document prints:

  • Animation, displaying real online values (User login required).
  • Content inside the graphic boundaries.
  • Timeout field is enabled. Enter a value to specify a maximum wait time until all data values are gathered and processed. As soon as all values are processed the document prints. Values not processed by the specified timeout period are displayed with the #COM error.

Show Grid and Guidelines

Specify how any enabled grid and guidelines on your document are printed. From the drop-down menu select one of the following:

  • ON to always display and print.
  • OFF to never display and not print.
  • AUTO to show the grid and guidelines only in Design mode and only when the grid is enabled in the document.

Show Bounding Rectangle

Select whether the bounding rectangle around the elements is visible on the printed document.

  • ON - Display bounding.
  • OFF - Never display.
  • AUTO - Display the document bounding rectangle only in Design mode.

Header and Footer

Add a customized header and\or footer to your documents, and then preview how they will appear on the documents.

Header\Footer Field

Display the text, keywords or images currently added to the Header or Footer field.

Font

Display the Font Chooser pane, which allows you to customize the header\footer font type, color, and size.

Preview

Display the text and substituted keywords that will display in the header/footer.

NOTE: Images are not displayed in the preview filed.

The substituted keywords show the final text, when possible. Some keywords are updated during the print process.

Keywords

Insert predefined text from the drop-down menu to display in the Header or Footer fields.

Images

Insert an image reference from the Image Library into the Header or Footer fields.

Image Library

Open the Image Library and add, modify, or delete images that can be inserted in the Header or Footer fields.

Print Setup Toolbar

Default

Return to the default Page Setup settings and disregard any selections made.

Export

Save the current settings as a page setup (.xml) file for future use.

Import

Navigate to and select an existing page setup file (.xml) file to open and use on the selected items to print.

Preview

Apply the settings and display the selected documents in print preview.

Print

Apply the settings and send the document to the selected printer.

OK

Apply all selections made and close Page Setup.

Cancel

Close the dialog box and discard any selections made without printing anything.

Apply

Accept all selections made but do not print anything.


Image Library Window

The Image Library window is where you can view, import, and delete images that can be added to a document’s header or footer.

The Image Library window is accessed from Page Setup pane.

Image Library

Section\Field

Description

Images

Display a list of available images that can be inserted into the header or footer of your document.

Import

Display the Open dialog box that allows you to browse to and add images to the Image Library list.

Delete

Delete the currently highlighted image in the Images list.

Copy

Copies the bitmap of the selected image onto the clipboard.

The Bitmap Transparency color is applied.

Paste

Replaces the image data of the selected image with the bitmap in the clipboard.

The Bitmap Transparency color is applied.

Preview

Display the currently selected image from the Images list.

Enable Fill check box to have the entire image displayed in the header or footer.

OK

Save any changes made in the Image Library and closes the pane.

Cancel

Do not save any of the changes made in the Images Library


Font Chooser

The Font Chooser window allows you to customize the font settings for text in the Header and Footer fields of a document. Settings made are stored with the header and footer settings in the user settings.

The Font Chooser window is accessed from Page Setup window.

Font Chooser

Section\Field

Description

Font Family

Display a list of available fonts that can be applied to the header or footer of your document.

Size

Enter a font point size.

Color

Select a color to apply to the text.

Style

Apply Bold and Italic styling to the text.

Preview

Display how the current font selections will be applied to the Header\Footer. The preview pane updates automatically every time a font setting is made.

OK

Save selections made and close the Font Chooser pane.

Cancel

Ignore any selections make and close the Font Chooser pane.


Related Topics

For background information, see Printing in the Graphics Editor.

For related procedures, see Printing Graphics.