Print Preview

This document describes the Print Preview window, which displays published documents in a Snap application.

Print Preview Elements

The Print Preview displays a report document as it will appear on paper.

SnapReport_PrintPreview

The user interface of the Print Preview window consists of the following elements.

  • Ribbon - contains the document management and navigation commands divided into logical groups;

    Snap_PrintPreview_Ribbon

  • Document Pages Area - displays a report document and provides vertical and horizontal scroll bars to navigate through the report.

    Snap_PrintPreview_DocumentPagesArea

  • Status Bar - displays the page number of the currently selected page (out of a total number of pages), shows the progress bar while a document is being loaded, and enables document zooming.

    Snap_PrintPreview_StatusBar

Invoke a Print Preview

  • To assemble and preview a tabular report, click Print Preview in the General Tools: File toolbar.

    snap-preview-command

  • Using the option above to preview a mail merge report will only display the document obtained from the first data source record.

    To assemble and preview a mail merge report, click Finish & Merge in the Data Tools: Mail Merge toolbar and select Print Preview in the invoked drop-down menu.

    snap-mail-merge-print-preview

    In the invoked Export Range dialog, specify the required range of data records and click OK.