Printing Draft

You can print your XML document as draft right from Serna, just as it appears on the screen.

  1. Choose Document > Print Draft , or click the Print Draft button on the toolbar.

    Documents can be printed when having the paginated view only.

    If your document is displayed as a single page, the following dialog will appear:


    Click the Switch & Print button to switch to the paginated view of the document and print it.

  2. In the Print Dialog, specify the print settings:
    1. Select a printer from the list of all the printers to which you have access.
    2. Specify the page range:
      1. To print all the pages in the document, select the All radio button.

      2. To print only the currently selected content, select the Selection radio button.

      3. To print the specified range of pages, select the Page radio button and type the page number(s).

    3. Specify the number of copies.
  3. Click the Print button.
    Note:
    You can create a print file that will store layout information and can be printed later without access to the application:
    1. In the Print Dialog, check the Print to file checkbox.

    2. Click the Print button.

    3. In the Print to File dialog, specify the output file name.

    4. Click OK.

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