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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].
[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.
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