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About the Previewer

The Previewer displays on your screen how the printed version of your report will look.   In the Previewer, you can scroll though a single page of report output, page through the entire report, and split the screen to view different sections of the same report concurrently.   You can also perform the following actions:

Print the report

Click the Print button

Specify page setup settings

Click the Page Setup button

Open a new Previewer

Click the New Previewer button

Close the Previewer

Click the Close Previewer button

Zoom in

Click the Zoom In button

Zoom out

Click the Zoom Out button

A physical page (or panel) is the size of a page that will be output by your printer.   A logical page is the size of one page of your actual report (it can be any number of physical pages wide or long).   The Previewer displays the logical pages of your report output, one at a time.

Access

To display the Previewer:

Usage notes

To speed the execution of your report, avoid "fetching ahead" when sending report output to the Previewer or Paper Design view.   The following items can result in fetching ahead when referenced before the data on which they rely:

Matrix (cross-product) groups also cause fetching ahead. To cross-tabulate the data, Oracle Reports must first fetch all of the data.

It should be noted that while these items slow down the Previewer or Paper Design view, they do not affect performance when writing to a file or some other destination.

Note: A column can cause fetching ahead even if it is not displayed. For example, a grand total may not appear in the report output, but since it is in the report, fetching ahead may still occur when Oracle Reports calculates it.

See also

Previewer (context-sensitive help topic)

Displaying report output in the Previewer

Printing a report from the Previewer