Preview

The Preview option in the Designer toolbar of the IxReporter window allows to get an overall view of the report template that you have customized by using IxReporter. After customizing the report and before generating and saving it, you can use the Preview to make changes to the template. You can make changes to the page setup, page background, and also export it in a PDF or HTML format. All the changes that you make in the Preview are immediately reflected in the preview section. For example, if you change the background color, you can immediately see the effect in the preview pane.

The Report Preview in the Preview section consists of various customization options. Most of them are optional. The report template can be generated and printed with the default settings.

The report template, shown in the preview , appears with the settings that you have used to customize the report. It consists of the date taken from the test result. The preview also shows a Table of Content of the generated report. It appears in the Documentation Map pane on the left side of the Preview page.

The fields and options in the Preview are described in the following table:

Section Field Description

Print

Print

Open the Printer dialog box.

Select the printer, type the number of copies, and other printing options before printing the report.

 

Quick Print

Send the report directly to the default printer without making any changes in the print setup.

Page Setup

Scale

Expand or contract the printed output to a percentage of its actual size.

 

Orientation

Change the page layout of the generated report to either portrait or landscape.

 

Size

Select the paper size of the report from the options provided in the list.

Navigation

Find

Open the Find dialog box. It is used to find texts in the report.

 

First Page

Go to the first page of the report in the preview section.

 

Previous Page

Go to the last navigated page in the report in the preview section.

 

Next Page

Go to the next page from the current page in the report in the preview section.

 

Last Page

Go to the last page of the report in the preview section.

Zoom

Use the mouse pointer.

 

Use the hand tool to manually scroll through the pages in the report.

 

Enable the magnifier tool.

Select the magnifier tool once on the report to zoom a single page to complete visibility and select it twice to zoom the page to 100% of the normal size.

 

Zoom Out

Zoom out to view more of the page at a reduced size.

 

Zoom

Change the zoom level of the report preview.

 

Zoom In

Zoom in to view a close-up view of the report.

Page Background

Page Color

Open the Color dialog box to select a color for the background of the report pages.

 

Watermark

Open the Watermark dialog box to add a watermark to the report document if generated in a PDF format.

For more information, see Add Watermark to Report Template.

Export To

 

Select the export format of the report document, either PDF or HTML.

Close Print Preview

 

Close the preview.