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VueMinder Calendar Help - Print and Print Preview

Current as of Version 5.1.1

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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.

Layout

You can select from a variety of print styles. You can also choose to print in color (if supported by your printer) and 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.

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.

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 calendar month - The current month 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 Month Navigation Pane will be included in the printout.
• The displayed dates - The dates currently displayed in the Calendar View 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".

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.

• 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.
• 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.

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

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.

• 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.
• 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.
• Compress weekends - Check this box to compress the printout of weekends. This will increase the space available to print events of weekdays.
• 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.

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 layout or date range changes are made.

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.

You can perform many of 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 window.

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.

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.