"Display format" list box

You can select between the following view formats in this list:

​•​Sheet

In this view, the press sheet and – if assigned – the original page content is depicted. The imposition page number (not the page number defined in the PDF) of each document page is shown in white letters on a gray box above each page, in order to be able to check the page layout on the sheet. If the pages contain images, these are displayed in full color (all color separations). In this view you get an advance view of the print result and you can apply the dimension, magnifying glass and information tools on the separate page areas. When changing the sheet configuration or the magnification scale, the view is recalculated, so it may take some time until the view is fully represented.

​•​Layout

This view provides a quick view of the sheet layout, without the page content being shown. The pages are only displayed as gray areas which differ in color from the underlying surface of the substrate. The page numbers are displayed in gray boxes. The direction of rotation of the pages is displayed in each case with a letter "A".

You can use this view to quickly view the page and sheet parameters and to correct them where necessary. Unlike the sheet view, there are no significant computation times when calculating the view.

​•​Separations

In this view, all the color separations defined in the pages are displayed as adjacent sheets. If, for example, the four process colors are defined in a print job, the separations display in the order in which they were printed on the press. If the set magnification does not allow the simultaneous display of all color separations, a horizontal scroll bar is shown that you can use to switch to the corresponding color separations.

​•​Reader's Spread

Prerequisite: Readers Spread is not available for single page layouts.

In this view, you can look at the document pages as a "virtual booklet" on the screen. The document pages display in a 2-page layout, like an open booklet. Clicking and dragging while holding down the left mouse button on the left and/or right outer edge of the brochure scrolls forwards or backwards through the brochure. None of the tools of the preview area are available in this view.