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Overview

VueMinder Calendar provides many different print layout styles and settings, as well as a print preview window that is updated automatically as print settings are modified. After you've selected your print settings, you can continue printing by clicking the "Print" button in the Print window.

The Print and Print Preview windows.

Title

A title can be optionally specified.

A title can be specified in the Print settings.

The title will appear at the top of each printed page.

The specified title will appear at the top of each page.

Date Range

You can specify a range of dates to print, either by making a selection from the list, or by entering a custom date range. Note that depending on the selected print layout style, additional dates may be included in the printout. For example, when using a Monthly print style, entire months containing the starting and ending dates will be printed. If a date range of 11/30/08 to 12/3/09 were specified, months November, December, and January would all be printed in their entirety. When printing a Yearly style, only the years of the entered date range are used. Even if a print range of a single day were specified, the entire year containing the date would still be printed.

A print range can be selected from a list of presets.

The following print range options are provided:

  • Today - Today's date will be included in the printout.
  • The next 7 days - The next 7 days will be included in the printout.
  • The next 14 days - The next 14 days will be included in the printout.
  • The next 31 days - The next 31 days will be included in the printout.
  • The next 90 days - The next 90 days will be included in the printout.
  • The next 180 days - The next 180 days will be included in the printout.
  • This calendar month - Dates in the current month will be included in the printout.
  • This calendar year - Dates in the current year will be included in the printout.
  • A range of dates - The specified start and end dates will be included in the printout.
  • The selected dates - The dates currently selected in the Calendar View or Navigation Pane will be included in the printout.

The starting or ending dates can be modified by selecting a new date from the drop-down calendar, or by typing one in. When a custom date is entered, the print range selection will automatically switch to "A range of dates".

You can enter a custom date range.

Layout

You can select from a variety of print styles. You can also choose to print in color (if supported by your printer) or grayscale. Some print styles have additional layout settings. These are described in more detail below. Some print layouts also allow you to choose whether to print a date header and whether to exclude non-working days from the printout. Working days are specified in the Calendar options.

The print layout settings allow a variety of print styles to be selected.

Daily Print Style

The Daily style prints each day within the specified date range. Days are printed one per page. This is the default print style when the Day view is displayed.

Daily print style settings.

  • Include date header - Check this box to include a date header on each page of the printed output. The date header will include the printed date and small calendars showing the month containing the printed date and the following month.
  • Use font size - Check this box to specify a font size override. Events, tasks, and notes will be printed using the specified font size. This setting can be used to select a smaller font size than what is displayed in the Calendar View, allowing more text to fit in the printout.
  • Start/end time - Days are printed with time slots. Only time slots between the starting and ending times will be printed. To select a different starting or ending time, choose one from the drop-down list.

Weekly Print Style

The Weekly style prints all weeks that contain the specified date range. Weeks are printed one per page. This is the default print style when the Week view is displayed. The first day of the printed week is specified in the Calendar options.

The weekly print style.

  • Include date header - Check this box to include a date header on each page of the printed output. The date header will show the dates of the printed week. It will also include small calendars showing the month that contains the printed week as well as the following month.
  • Use font size - Check this box to specify a font size override. Events, tasks, and notes will be printed using the specified font size. This setting can be used to select a smaller font size than what is displayed in the Calendar View, allowing more text to fit in the printout.
  • Start/end time - Each day of the week is printed containing time slots. Only time slots between the starting and ending times will be printed. To select a different starting or ending time, choose one from the drop-down list. All days of the week will print using the same time slot range.
  • Layout Style - The Weekly print style has 3 different layout styles. Style 1 shows time slots for each day of the week. Style 2 shows the week using 2 columns, with Monday through Wednesday on the left, and Thursday through Sunday on the right. Saturday and Sunday are condensed. Style 3 shows each day from left to right, similar to Style 1 but without the time slots.

Monthly Print Style

The Monthly style prints all months that contain the specified date range. This is the default print style when the Month view is displayed.

The monthly print style settings.

  • Include date header - Check this box to include a date header on each page of the printed output. The date header will show the printed month and year. It will also include small calendars showing the previous and following months.
  • Include date colors - Check this box to color each day header based on the color of the first event occurring on that date.
  • Exclude non-working days - Check this box to exclude days from the printout that are not marked as working days in the Calendar options. This will increase the space available to print events of working days.
  • Use font size - Check this box to specify a font size override. Events, tasks, and notes will be printed using the specified font size. This setting can be used to select a smaller font size than what is displayed in the Calendar View, allowing more text to fit in the printout.
  • Layout style - There are 3 monthly layout styles to choose from:
    • Five weeks per page - Each page will print containing 5 weeks instead of a complete month.
    • One month per page (Style 1) - Each page will contain 1 complete month. Events of dates that are before or after the month being printed on the current page will also be shown.
    • One month per page (Style 2) - Each page will contain 1 complete month. Unlike Style 1, this style will hide events that fall on dates outside of the month being printed on the current page.
  • Compress weekends - Check this box to compress the printout of weekends. This will increase the space available to print events of weekdays.
  • Show recurrence and reminder symbols - Check this box to show the recurrence and reminder symbols on the right-side of printed event and task blocks. When this option is unchecked, more space will be available for event and task titles.

Yearly Print Style

The Yearly style prints an entire year's calendar on a single page. Event details are not shown, although dates that contain events will be bold or colored based on the color of the first event occurring on a date. This is the default print style when the Year view is displayed.

The Yearly print style settings.

  • Include date header - Check this box to include a date header on each page of the printed output. The date header will show January - December and the year number.
  • Exclude non-working days - Check this box to exclude days from the printout that are not marked as working days in the Calendar options.
  • Include date colors - Check this box to color each day based on the color of the first event occurring on that date.

Timeline Print Style

The Timeline style prints a horizontal representation of your schedule, with each visible calendar in the Calendar List on a separate row. Tasks and notes will also be displayed on their own rows, if the View menu is set to show tasks and notes in the Calendar View. The horizontal timeslot interval is based on the current setting in the Timeline View.

The Timeline print layout settings.

  • Include date header - Check this box to include a date header on each page of the printed output. The date header will show January - December and the year number.
  • Include date colors - Check this box to color each day based on the color of the first event occurring on that date.

Details Print Style

The Details style prints events falling within the specified date range. Event titles, locations, times, and descriptions will be printed in a report format, organized by date. A header will be printed for each day containing events, showing the date and day name.

The Details print style settings.

  • Insert page break - Check this box to have page breaks inserted after each day, week, month, or year in the printed output.

Memo Print Style

The Memo style prints events falling within the specified date range. It's similar to the Details print style, but instead of headers being printed for each day, this information is included with each event. Event titles, locations, dates, times, descriptions, and recurrence patterns will be printed in a report format that is similar to the print style that some email programs provide.

The Memo print style settings.

  • Insert page breaks - Check this box to have page breaks inserted after each event or after the last whole event on a page.

List Print Style

The List style prints events, tasks, notes, or contacts exactly as they appear in the List View, including visible columns, sort order, filters, and row grouping. This is the default print style when printing is commanded while the List View is active. The list will be scaled to allow all columns to fit within the page.

The List print style settings.

  • Content - You can select whether to print events, tasks, notes, or contacts. This will default to whatever tab is currently active in the List View.

Tri-Fold Print Style

The Tri-Fold style allows you to print any combination of the Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly styles on a single page, using 3 equal areas (left, center, and right). You can also choose to include a blank area if you'd like space for handwritten notes on the printout.

The Tri-Fold print layout style settings.

  • Include date header - Check this box to include a date header on each page of the printed output. The date header will show January - December and the year number.

  • Include date colors - Check this box to color each day based on the color of the first event occurring on that date.

  • Exclude non-working days - Check this box to exclude days from the printout that are not marked as working days in the Calendar options.

  • Use font size - Check this box to specify a font size override. Events, tasks, and notes will be printed using the specified font size. This setting can be used to select a smaller font size than what is displayed in the Calendar View, allowing more text to fit in the printout.
  • Left/Center/Right - You can choose the content to include on the left, center, and right sides of the page. After printing, the page can be folded in 3, along the border of each printed area.

Print Preview

A dynamic print preview window can be displayed by clicking the "Auto Preview" button. This print preview window will automatically update whenever print setting changes are made.

The Auto Preview button shows a print preview window that automatically updates to match current print settings.

An example print preview is shown below for a Week print style. In this example, all weeks of the currently displayed month are printed, for a total of 5 pages.

An example print preview.

You can perform many actions on the print preview window...

  • Continue to print by selecting the Print command from the Print Preview window's file menu or toolbar.
  • Adjust the paper size, orientation, and margins using the Page Setup menu option.
  • Exit the print preview without printing by closing the window or selecting the Exit menu option.
  • When printing multiple pages, you can switch between them from the thumbnail view on the left, or by selecting the appropriate menu or toolbar options.
  • Zoom in and out, fit the preview pages to the window, and preview multiple pages at once.
  • Use the Snapshot Tool on the toolbar to copy an area of the preview page to the clipboard as an image. This image could then be pasted into other documents or presentations.

Page Setup and Print Buttons

A Page Setup button is provided at the bottom of the Print window.

The Page Setup button allows margin sizes to be adjusted.

Clicking this button will cause the following window to be displayed, where the page orientation and margins can be adjusted. The default margin size is 0.5 inches.

The Page Setup window.

After you're satisfied with your print layout and page settings, you can click the Print button. This will cause the following window to be displayed, where you can select the output printer, page range, and number of copies to print. You can also adjust your printer's properties, which will vary depending on your printer model. Clicking the OK button will send the job to the printer.

The standard Print dialog.

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