Print preview

Quick access toolbar

You can use this tool to open print preview. The printout will be an exact match of what you see in print preview. You can define printer settings and margins, select the scale, add headers and footers, and specify how the elements look. In addition, you can change the paper size and orientation of the page.

This tool works with all printers for which a Windows printer driver is installed and configured.

To open and use print preview

1. Click Print Preview (How).
   

   Activate Print Preview in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: File

   • Keyboard: Ctrl+P

   • Title bar: Quick Access Toolbar

   The Print Preview palette opens. Everything else is hidden.

2. Define the settings for print preview in the Settings, Margins and Display of elements areas of the Print Preview palette.
3. Use the tools on the viewport toolbar to define the section you want to display.
   • Zoom All or double-clicking with the middle mouse button adjusts all the elements in the loaded drawing files to the maximum printable area of the paper.
   • Zoom Section zooms in on a section. To do this, select and hold the left mouse button and open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to zoom in on.
   • Previous View and Next View take you from section to section. Up to a total of 50 view settings are saved temporarily.
   • Use Rotate to rotate the section 90° counterclockwise click by click. This does not change the scale.
   • You can move the elements dynamically by selecting and holding the middle mouse button.
   • Use Scale to define the display scale. It is identical to the value in the palette.
4. Go to the bar at the bottom of the palette and click
   • Load favorite to retrieve a file with the settings of the Margins and Display of elements areas.
   • Save as a favorite to save the settings in the Margins and Display of elements areas to a file.
   • Export as PDF to save the elements in print preview to a PDF file. Define parameters for PDF export in the PDF Export palette and click Export.
     Click Close to return to print preview without creating a PDF file.
   • Print to send the elements in print preview to the printer specified.
   • Close print preview and return to the workspace. You can also use the Esc key to close print preview.