Preview options

If the report is connected to its datasources, then a preview of the translated report will be displayed above the grid editor. This preview will automatically be refreshed as you translate.

Selection

You can select an object directly from the preview by clicking on it:

The object will be highlighted in blue and its relevant property selected in the grid editor. If no property get selected in the grid editor, it may be because there is none by default, for example in the case of data fields. To display properties for such object, you first need to select the filters Font, Position or Size.

You can also double click on an object in the preview to open the multi-line editor. In case of Text object, the multi-line editor will open with the text ready for editing:

Sub-Reports

In case of sub-reports, the mouse cursor will change into a magnificent glass. Double clicking on the sub-report will open a separate preview tab. From this new preview tab, you will be able to select and double click on the sub-report objects. Please note however that each time the preview is refreshed (when translating), all the sub-report tabs will be closed.

Toolbar

The preview window of the source and target reports has a toolbar at the top with several options to customise the preview or output the preview into different formats.

Print the preview. This button allows you to print the current preview to the default printer set on your computer.

Export the preview. This button allows you to export the current preview to disk or to an application in several formats such as RTF, HTML, XLS, PDF, TXT…

Refresh the preview. This button allows you to refresh the data displayed in the preview. This is useful if you want to change the parameters of the report or if the data contained in the data-sources changed.

Zoom. This button allows you to display the whole page or zoom in details. By default, it is set to "page width" and therefore resize itself as you resize the preview window.
 

Page navigator. These buttons allow you move from page to page. Indeed a report may generate on several pages. You will need to move to the next pages of a multi-pages report to see the result of your translation.

Cancel the generation of the preview. The generation of a report can take some time if it is linked to huge data-sources, with this button you can cancel the generation of the preview.

Search text. This button allows you to search for text in the preview.