The application enables you to preview the selected reports and report profiles before you print or send them to other applications and files. You can preview those reports for one or more clients at the same time.
Select
Preview Selected
on the
File
then
Print Reports
screen.
Select
Print Preview
on the
File
then
Report Designer
screen.
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The Print Preview screen also launches automatically to display the diagnostics reports for a client following a backup or restore that's initiated in the
Client Data Management Utility
screen.
Print Preview toolbar
The toolbar buttons in the
Print Preview
screen enable you to view reports for multiple clients in a single workspace and also to perform the following tasks.
By default, the first report in the Selected Reports list is displayed in the Print Preview screen. You can select another report to view from the Report Preview drop-down list in the upper-right of the preview screen.
Print the current report that is displayed, a range of pages in the report, or print all reports in the selected group of reports.
Copy report content to the Microsoft Windows clipboard.
Find text or values in a report.
Insert annotations in a report.
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To insert an annotation, select
Annotations
on the toolbar and drag and drop the selected annotation from the pull-down menu into the report preview screen. Right-click the object and choose
Properties
to modify items such as, fill color, text, alignment, and so forth.
Change the view between single page, multiple page, or continuous scroll.
Refresh the current view when you have made data changes in the application or design changes in the report, financial statement, or letter within the Report Designer.
Zoom in or out on a report.
Page forward and backward in a multiple-page report.
Add annotations to reports
Use the following steps to add an annotation to a report from the
Print Preview
screen.
In the
Print Report
screen, select reports for which you'd like to add annotations then select
Preview Selected
.
In the
Print Preview
screen, select the dropdown next to the
Annotations
on the toolbar, select the annotation type, and drag and drop it on the report in the viewer.
Right-click the annotation and choose
Properties
.
In the
Annotation's Properties
screen, you can customize the appearance, layout, and add text to the annotation, as necessary.
Select the
Print
to print the report and attached annotations.
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Annotations can be printed from the
Print Preview
screen only and are no longer available when you exit the