Using virtual page breaks for printing data diagrams

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:

  1. Click an empty space on the diagram to access the Properties view for the diagram.
  2. In the Properties view, click the Printing tab.
  3. 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 View > Page Breaks previously, the page breaks are removed when you select this option.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Optional: Resolve the warnings by performing the following steps:
    1. In the Problems view, review the information in a warning to determine the specific object in the diagram that a virtual page break splits.
    2. 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.
  8. To preview the printed diagram, click Print Preview on the Printing page.
  9. Click Print.

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