The print preview window displays a preview of what will be sent to the printer.
The print preview window contains many different groups of buttons that allow you to customize your output before it is printed.
The application button functions like the File menu in other programs. It gives you access to the print commands, as well as the option to close the window.
The quick-access toolbar is a small toolbar where you can place various buttons that you use frequently. It can be customized by clicking the small downward-pointing arrow just to the right of the toolbar itself.
By default, the quick-access toolbar contains the Print button, the Save to PDF button and the Email as PDF button.
The print preview tab contains all of the other options for customizing your print job. From left to right, these sections are:
The print section contains the two print buttons.
This is the "normal" print button. Clicking this button will display a window where you can choose the printer you want to use when you print.
The quick print button does not display any windows - it simply prints your document to the default (or currently selected) printer, without asking you anything. This is a "one-click" print button.
The page setup section contains buttons relating to the size, layout, and margins of the page. If you would like to see a single window with all of these options, simply click the "More Page Setup options" tag in the lower right corner of this section.
Depending on what you are printing, this option may or may not be available. If it is available, you can click this option to set up headers and footers for the document.
Headers and footers can contain text that is left aligned, right aligned, or centered. You can adjust the font face, font size, and other options for the text that appears in the header or footer.
There are several "automatic" items that can be placed in the header and footer - items such as the page number (which calculates automatically), the current date, or even your user name on your computer.
This option allows you to set the scaling options for the page. By default, pages are printed at 100% scaling - this is "normal" size. You can adjust this size if you wish.
This option allows you to set the margins for the page.
This option allows you to set the orientation of the page, either landscape or portrait.
This option allows you to set the size of the paper that will be used when the document is printed.
This section contains options for navigating through the document - moving from page to page, and finding text in the document.
This section contains options for zooming in on the document. These options affect only the way the document is displayed on your screen - they do not affect the printed document itself.
This section contains options for customizing the background of the page itself.
This option allows you to set a color for the background of the page. Be cautious when using this option to print to paper, as it may use a large amount of ink or toner.
If you are going to save your document as a PDF or other file format, rather than printing it to paper, you may find this option useful to increase the impact of your document.
This option allows you to set either text or an image as a "watermark," or faded background, on the page. For example, you could have the text "Confidential" appear faded in the background if you were printing something that you wanted to remain confidential. Alternatively, you could use your corporate or firm logo, faded in the background, to add extra impact to your document.
This section contains the options for exporting your document in the various formats that TurboLaw® Time and Billing supports. The default export format in most cases is the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). This format can be viewed by almost any type of computer or device, and is the most commonly used format for sending documents through the Internet. However, other formats are available, as shown below.
TurboLaw® Time and Billing allows you to save your document to many different formats, such as:
Note: Depending on the type of document you are printing, all of these formats may not be available.
TurboLaw® Time and Billing also allows you to email your document in one of the formats specified above. Clicking this button will first prompt you to save the document, and then it will open your default email program.
Note: If you use web-based email, such as Google Mail, Yahoo! Mail, or MSN Hotmail, you will not be able to use this feature. You must save the document in the desired format and attach it to your email manually. This is a restriction of all web-based email, not just TurboLaw® Time and Billing.
This button will close the print preview window.
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