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The tools in the preview view
The preview view is a WYSIWYG preview that shows how the production settings affect the
appearance of your document. You can use a number of tools in the [Preview] view.
Tool Description
• [Thumbnail view]
Click this icon on the left-hand side of the preview to display the thumb-
nail of each page. All thumbnails are of identical size, independent of the
sheet size.
• [Production settings]
Click this icon on the right-hand side of the preview to hide the produc-
tion settings.
[Thumbnail view] - [Pin or unpin the dialog]
The thumbnail view closes when you click outside the thumbnail dialog.
[Thumbnail view] - keep the thumbnail view open
The thumbnail view remains open when you click outside the thumbnail dia-
log.
This icon is displayed in the thumbnail view for each sheet with a marked
page.
Blue background The thumbnail view can mark sheets with a blue background. These sheets
contain pages selected in another workspace. You cannot select pages in
the [Production] workspace.
Select [Print range] = [Selected sheets] to print the marked sheets.
• [Thumbnail view]
Click this icon on the left-hand side of the preview to hide the thumbnail
view.
• [Production settings]
Click this icon on the right-hand side of the preview to show the produc-
tion settings.
Zoom selection Type the zoom factor.
[Show the content of the pages]
Show or hide the content of the pages in the preview. This setting can be
used in combination with setting [Show abstract symbols on the pages].
[Show abstract symbols on the pages]
Show or hide the abstract symbols on the pages in the preview. The ab-
stract symbols show the page number and the imposition layout of the
page. This setting can be used in combination with setting [Show the con-
tent of the pages].
[Trim box]
Click this icon to view the size of the trimmed page. The trimmed page con-
tains the page content. The trim box is shown as a dotted line.
The tools in the preview view
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Chapter 7 - The [Production] workspace
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