You can use virtual page breaks with scaling factors to
determine how to arrange objects in a data diagram for printing. The
virtual page-break options are located on the Printing page in the
data diagram properties.
Before you begin
The data diagram that you want to print must be open in
the diagram editor.
About this task
Virtual page breaks are a grid of horizontal and vertical
colored lines in the open diagram that denote where page breaks will
occur when you print the diagram. If you change the scaling factor,
the virtual page breaks are adjusted automatically in the diagram.
You can change the default color of the virtual page-break lines.
Warning
messages can be displayed in the Problems view whenever a virtual
page break splits an object in the diagram. You can work with a warning
message through the commands on the pop-up menu of the message. The
warning messages are persistent from session to session of the workbench.
Procedure
To
use virtual page breaks for printing data diagrams:
- Click an empty space on the diagram to access the Properties
view for the diagram.
- In the Properties view, click the Printing tab.
- Select the Display virtual page breaks check
box. The color of the line in the button to the right of
the check box shows the current color of the virtual page-break lines. If you selected previously, the page
breaks are removed when you select this option.
- Optional: Change the color of the virtual page-break
lines. Click the button to the right of the check box, and then select
a color on the palette.
- Apply the scaling factor that you want to use in the printed
diagram. You can specify either a percent of normal size
or you can specify the number of printed pages that the diagram must
fit in.
- Optional: To display warning messages in the
Problems view when virtual page breaks split objects in the diagram,
select the Display warnings on intersection check
box. The warning messages are displayed in the Problems
area immediately after you select the check box.
- Optional: Resolve the warnings by performing
the following steps:
- In the Problems view, review the information in a warning
to determine the specific object in the diagram that a virtual page
break splits.
- Move the object to a new location in the diagram so
that the object is clear of all of the virtual page breaks. The warning message is deleted automatically from the
Problems view.
- To preview the printed diagram, click Print
Preview on the Printing page.
- Click Print.