Once the Print Style has been set in the Page Setup dialog, we're ready for
printing. We can use the Print Preview function to see what the
formatted pages are going to look like on the printer, and then use the
Print Script command to actually print the script to the printer.
To get an idea of what the printed script is going to look like, use the
Print Preview window
(pictured at right).
Show how to open the Print Preview window
- In the runlist window, select the script to preview. For this example,
select the file "Listec Tutorial Script.tpw".
- Click on File on the program menu.
- Click on Print Preview.
- The Print Preview window then appears.
The currently set margins are displayed as dotted blue lines, with the text
formatted as closely as possible to that of the printed page. For multiple-page scripts, the
Previous Page and
Next Page buttons enable you to choose which page is displayed.
Notice all of the settings from the Print Style we created are displayed: the
margins are shown, the line breaks and font are the same as the prompter, a header is shown with the file name, date, and page number, and the text is printed as black on a white background.
If it looks okay, the next step is to go ahead and print.
When you're ready to print the script, use the
Print command, which
opens the
Print dialog
(pictured below).
Show how to open the Print dialog
- In the runlist window, select the script to print. For this example,
select the file "Listec Tutorial Script.tpw".
- Click on File on the program menu.
- Click on Print.
- The Print dialog then appears.
This dialog box may look differently, depending on whether you're running
Windows 2000 or
Windows XP, and depending on what printers
you have installed on your computer.
For all situations, you can choose which printer to use, whether to print
all pages, a page range, or the current selection, and how many total copies to print.
For our exercise, select your current printer in the list, click
All for the page range, and choose
1 for the number of copies. Then, click
Print to start the printing process. The print job will be loaded into
the Windows Print Spooler, and subsequently printed on your printer.