Workspace

To change the layout options for the workspace, click one of the view buttons available in the lower right corner. These views are available:

• Sheet view

  Displays the sheets in the job as thumbnails in a grid, scaled according to the paper size. If the job is set to print on one side, only the front side of the sheet is displayed. If the job is set to print on both sides, the back side of the sheet is also displayed.

  Important: To improve performance when you edit large jobs, you can hide the actual job content and use placeholder thumbnails. Select Hide Sheet Content on the View menu to enable this function.
  

  The thumbnail shows whether the orientation is portrait or landscape. Under each thumbnail, you can see the page numbers. On top of the thumbnail, you can see the sheet number and the paper specified for the sheet. Hover over the text for more information about the paper settings, the exception settings applied to the sheet, and the pages that are placed on the sheet.

  The chapter icon marks the first page of each chapter. The exception icon is displayed for sheets that are configured as exceptions.

  Use the scroll bar or the arrows on the keyboard to move through the rows of thumbnails.

  To adjust the size of the thumbnails, use one of these controls:

  • Zoom in

    Use this button to increase the size of the thumbnails.

  • Zoom out

    Use this button to decrease the size of the thumbnails.

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    Use this setting to adjust the size of the thumbnails according to a specific percentage. To fit the sheet thumbnail to the width of the workspace area, select Fit width.

  • Use and to switch between scaling the sheet thumbnail to the width of the workspace area and 12% scaling percentage.

  To make changes to the sheets:

  • To reorder the sheets, select the sheet or sheets that you want to move, and then drag and drop them to the new location.
    Note: You can reorder the sheets only if the job has Normal imposition and is set to print on the front side of the sheet.
  • To insert a blank sheet before a sheet in the job, hover over the sheet and click , the Insert sheet button.

  • To insert a tab before a sheet, hover over the sheet and click , the Insert tab button.

  • To delete a sheet, hover over the sheet and click , the Delete sheet button.

  • To delete a tab, hover over the tab and click , the Delete tab button.

  • To create a chapter before a sheet, hover over the sheet and click , the Create chapter button.

  You can also use the right-click menu to make changes to the sheets. Select the sheet or sheets, right-click, and select one of the options available in the menu.

• Reader view

  Displays the job as a book in the center of the workspace.

  

  The Reader view lets you flip through the pages of the job and preview the output.

  To move through the job:

  • Click the outer edge of the pages.

  • Use , the Previous page button, and , the Next page button

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  • Hover over the current page number and enter the number of the page that you want to display.

  • Select a page in the page list.

  • Click , the Bookmarks icon, and select Beginning, a chapter name, or End to go to the first page, to a specific chapter, or to the last page.

  Note: Depending on the printer, paper settings, and finishing settings, the actual output might differ from the results shown in the preview.

  You can also make changes to the sheets by using the right-click menu. Right-click a sheet and select one of the options available in the menu.

When you use functions that edit the original pages, such as inserting text, images, and masks, the workspace displays a single page at a time.

This edit view also opens when you right-click a page and select Edit page from the menu or when you double-click a page in the page list or in the Sheet view.

Once the edit view is active, you can switch the page that is displayed in the workspace just by clicking pages in the page list.

You can return to Sheet view by clicking , the Back to All Pages button, located in the upper left corner in the workspace.

To adjust the size of the displayed page, use one of these controls:

• Zoom in

  Use this button to increase the size of the displayed page.

• Zoom out

  Use this button to decrease the size of the displayed page.

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  Use this setting to adjust the size of the displayed page according to a specific percentage. To fit the page to the width of the workspace area, select Fit width.

• Use and to switch between scaling the page to the width of the workspace area and 12% scaling percentage.

To display rulers, grids, and guides in the edit view, select the Rulers, Grid, and Guides options in the View menu.

For advanced page editing, the Light Table and Mirror Light Table views are also available. For more information, see Using Advanced Editing Features.