Adjusting the visual style

The visual style can be adjusted in the Visual Style dialogue. The following groups of parameters are available.

Page	On this tab the user may define the main properties of a page.
Styles	On this tab the user may define the styles used in the document.
Tables	On this tab the user may specify the layout of tables in the document.
Options	Some advanced options may be set here.

Page

Printer	This item defines the printer used for output of document. Any of installed printers can be selected for the output.
"Part of the page"	In the combo box, it is possible to choose which part of the sheet is to be adjusted (e.g. body, footer, header, etc.). For each part of the page the following settings are available.
Padding	Defines the padding (free space or gap) between the "frame" (border) of the selected part of the page and the contents (e.g. text) of that part of the page.
Border	Defines the thickness and colour of the frame (rectangle) that can be drawn around the selected part of the page.
Margin	Defines the outer "gap" around the selected part of the page.

Example: Horizontal padding and margins

The following example demonstrates the practical meaning of padding and margins. The horizontal left padding and horizontal left margin is shown for the "page" and "body".

$image\PageMargins.gif$

Page

A = left margin (distance between the edge of the sheet and the border)

B = left border (thickness of the border)

C = left padding (distance between the border and the "contents" of the page)

Body

D = left margin (distance between the "contents-edge" of the page and the frame of the body)

E = left border (thickness of the frame of the body)

F = left padding (distance between the border and the "contents" of the body)

Styles

This tab of the dialogue allows for the adjustment of font parameters. The first control element (the combo box) selects the style (e.g. Normal, Table header, etc.). The control elements below then define the properties of that particular style.

Font	Specifies the font.
Height	Defines the size of letters.
Width	Defines the width of letters.
Weight	Defines the thickness of letters.
Italic	Specifies whether an Italic font should be used.
Underline	Underlines the letters.
Colour	Sets the colour of texts.
Background	If available, defines the background of texts.
Padding	Padding is the amount of space around the text, i.e. the gap between the border of individual table cells and the text itself.
"Description and sample texts"	Below the parameters an official description and a short sample text printed in the selected font is attached.

Tables

It is possible to define the format for both table cells and table background.

Lines

Use custom line width	The defined format of lines (cell border) is applied.
Do not print any lines	No table cell lines are printed.
"Individual lines"	A list of all the lines and frames that can be modified follows. The user can adjust his/her favourite values.

Note: For more information see Layout settings.

Background

Use custom background colours

Defined colours are applied.

Do not print any background

The background is not printed. The cells are transparent.

"Colours"

The colours for header, even and odd row and for important cell can be adjusted.

$image\Checkbox.gif$ Note: The fact that a particular cell is important is defined by the author of the program and it cannot be altered by the user. The user may only change the colour of such a cell.

Break narrow tables to strips

Do not break table to strips

The tables are printed in the document as designed. E.g. even if the table consists of one column only and 100 lines, it is printed "AS IS".

Break table to strips whenever possible

This option may save a considerable amount of paper as it breaks narrow tables into multiple strips and prints individual strips next to each other in order to better utilise the page width.

Use built-in automatic decision algorithm

Similar to the option above, but a built-in algorithm is applied that tries to assess the best division of the table into strips.

Options

Picture colour depth

Defines the colour depth for individual output device.

YES/NO values at tables

The user may select a favourite symbol to stand for YES and NO value in output tables.

Overflowed objects

If an object (e.g. a table) is too wide to fit a page, it is possible to define a ratio of reduction.

Filename for export

Suggest last used	The last used filename is offered.
Construct from name of project filename	The filename is derived from the name of the project.

System

Trap Exception	This option has no practical meaning for a standard user. It is relevant only for situations when a user cooperates directly with the programmers and they try to trace a specific problem.
Maximum number of pages	Maximum allowable number of pages of the document.
Max size of auto refreshing table	Defines the size of a document table when the table is automatically refreshed. If the table is bigger, its regeneration must be started manually by the user.

The procedure for the adjustment of visual style

If it is not the case, open the Document window.
Open the Document settings dialogue:
1. either using button $image\Icon_Doc_Setup.gif$ ,
2. or using pop-up menu function Document settings (called Edit styles in some older versions),
3. or through the Visual Styles manager.
Define the required settings.
Confirm the adjustment with [OK].

Note: The default document style may also be pre-adjusted using SCIA Engineer function Setup > Document.