Learning about the Viewer window

Use the Viewer utility to view or reprint documents. The Viewer utility displays when you choose a document to view in the window and then select the view option.

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Viewer Window

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Menu bar

The menu bar displays below the title bar. Click the following menus to learn about the available commands.

File

The only printing option available to Binary view mode is Print Local.

When using a reprint range to print multiple copies of a document, make sure you set both the reprint starting point and reprint stopping point. If the reprint stopping point is not set, the first copy will start at the specified reprint starting point, but the remaining copies will reprint as the entire document.

Reprint Now

Sets the reprint range and reprints now.

Reprint Later

Sets the reprint range and reprints later.

Print Local

Prints to a locally defined Windows printer.

Exit

Closes the Viewer window.

Edit

Copy

Copies the selection to the Clipboard. Copying data to the Clipboard replaces the contents previously stored there.

Set Reprint Top

Sets the reprint starting point to the current page.

The Binary view mode does not support this functionality. The only printing option available to Binary mode is Print Local.

Set Reprint Bottom

Sets the reprint stopping point to the current page.

The Binary view mode does not support this functionality. The only printing option available to Binary mode is Print Local.

Clear Reprint Range

Clears the reprint range.

The Binary view mode does not support this functionality. The only printing option available to Binary mode is Print Local.

Go To Page

Displays the specified page.

Find

Finds the specified text.

Find Next Up

Finds the previous occurrence of the specified text.

Find Next Down

Finds the next occurrence of the specified text.

View

Toolbar

Shows or hides the toolbar, which includes buttons for some of the most common commands in the viewer, such as Reprint. A check mark appears next to the menu item when the toolbar is displayed.

Status Bar

Shows or hides the status bar, which displays the view mode, reprint range, current page, and pointer position. A check mark appears next to the menu item when the status bar is displayed.

Text

EBCDIC – Displays the document text in EBCDIC.

ASCII – Displays the document text in ASCII.

Select Code Page – Selects a code page In MS-DOS versions 3.3 and later, a table that relates the binary character codes used by a program to keys on the keyboard or to the appearance of characters on the display. Code pages are a means of providing support for character sets and keyboard layouts used in different countries. for viewing the document.

Record

EBCDIC – Displays the document records in EBCDIC on separate lines.

ASCII – Displays the document records in ASCII on separate lines.

Select Code Page – Selects a code page for viewing the document.

Binary

EBCDIC – Displays the binary codes for the document with EBCDIC text.

ASCII – Displays the binary codes for the document with ASCII text. Displays both the printing and non-printing characters.

Select Code Page – Selects a code page for viewing the document.

Set Font

Selects which font is used to display documents.

Help

Contents and Index

Displays the Viewer Help window. The Help window incorporates contents, index, search, and glossary tabs to make it easy for you to find answers to your questions. For more information on using Help features, see the Using the Help topic.

Barr Systems on the Web

Opens the Help with links to the Barr Systems Web page.

About Viewer

Displays the program information, version number, and copyright.

Toolbar

The toolbar is displayed across the top of the window, below the menu bar. The toolbar provides quick access to commands.

The only printing option available to Binary view mode is Print Local.

Toolbar

Copy – Copies the selection to the Clipboard.

Next Page – Displays the next page.

Previous Page – Displays the previous page.

Reprint Top – Sets the reprint starting point to the current page.

Reprint Bottom – Sets the reprint stopping point to the current page.

Reprint Now – Sets the reprint range and reprints now. When using a reprint range to print multiple copies of a document, make sure you set both the reprint starting point and reprint stopping point. If the reprint stopping point is not set, the first copy will start at the specified reprint starting point, but the remaining copies will reprint as the entire document.

Reprint Later – Sets the reprint range and reprints later. When using a reprint range to print multiple copies of a document, make sure you set both the reprint starting point and reprint stopping point. If the reprint stopping point is not set, the first copy will start at the specified reprint starting point, but the remaining copies will reprint as the entire document.

Status bar

Status Bar

The status bar indicates the selected view mode, the reprint range, the page range, and the pointer position.

View mode

Text/EBCDIC – The job is being viewed as EBCDIC text (code page 37).

Text/ASCII – The job is being viewed as ASCII text (code page 437).

Text/CPxxxx – The job is being viewed as text using code page In MS-DOS versions 3.3 and later, a table that relates the binary character codes used by a program to keys on the keyboard or to the appearance of characters on the display. Code pages are a means of providing support for character sets and keyboard layouts used in different countries. xxxx.

Record/EBCDIC – The job is being viewed as records in EBCDIC text (code page 37).

Record/ASCII – The job is being viewed as records in ASCII text (code page 437).

Record/CPxxxx – The job is being viewed as records using code page xxxx.

Binary/EBCDIC – The job is being viewed as binary code with EBCDIC text (code page 37).

Binary/ASCII – The job is being viewed as binary code with ASCII text (code page 437).

Binary/CPxxxx – The job is being viewed as binary code using code page xxxx.

Reprint range – The selected reprint range.

Page range – The current page through the ending page.

Pointer position – The current pointer position.