Print a Page to PDF

Oracle Primavera Cloud allows you to create a customized layout of a page and print the result as a PDF. The Print Options interface displays a print preview, a Settings panel, and a thumbnail selector. The print preview displays your page layout with the current configuration of print options. In the print preview, you can select the header, footer, or main content area to enter the edit mode for that area. While in edit mode, use the Settings panel to edit configuration options for the selected print area. Outside of edit mode, use the Settings panel to configure page settings for the entire printout. Select a page in the thumbnail selector to display that page in the print preview. The number of pages to be printed is determined by the selections in the Settings panel.

Before you modify printing options, you should configure the view of the page to include adding columns, filtering, grouping, sorting, and other layout settings.

Notes:

To print a page to a PDF:

  1. Open a page with a Print icon in the page toolbar.
  2. Configure the page view according to your needs, and then select Print to open the Print Options panel.
  3. In the Settings panel, configure the following page-level options:
    • Paper Size: Select a standard paper size or enter custom print dimensions.
    • Orientation: Select a Landscape or Portrait page orientation.
    • Margins: Select the length of the top, left, right, and bottom margins of the layout.

      Note: You can also click and drag the borders in the print preview to adjust each margin.

    • Show Watermark: Select this option, and then enter text to appear as a watermark on each page.
    • Pages: Print all pages or a specific range of pages.
    • Scaling: Select the number of horizontal pages by which to constrain the layout.
    • Page Layout: Choose the print order of the pages.
    • Page Break on Group: Select this option to start a new page for each grouping band in the table.
    • Repeat Column Headers: Select this option to display column headers on each page. When disabled, column headers only show for the first horizontal row of pages.
    • Show Row Numbers: Select this option to display the row number for each row in the table.
  4. To modify the layout of the content section, hover over the print preview, and select Edit Content:
    • In the Settings panel, on the Options tab, select the settings that you want to appear in the Gantt chart.
    • On the Columns tab, toggle the display of individual columns to include in the printout. Select Show all columns to enable the display of all columns. To add columns, exit the print preview and add columns in the view settings.
    • On the Timescale tab, select a timescale interval, and then select a start and finish date for the timescale. Select Use rolling dates to configure rolling start and end dates.

      Note: The Options and Timescale tabs are only available on pages with the Gantt view enabled.

    • Select Return to Preview to exit the edit mode.
  5. To modify the print header or footer settings, hover over the print preview, and select Edit Header or Edit Footer.
  6. In edit mode, use the floating toolbar to configure the following header and footer options:
    • Apply bold, italics, or underline formatting, and change the size and color of text.
    • Alignment: Align each line of text to the left, center, or right side of a section.
    • Insert Link: Add link text and a URL. Choose to open the link in a new browser tab or window, or open the link in the current browser tab.
    • Legend: Add a Gantt chart legend to the selected section of the header or footer.

      Notes:

      • The Legend option is only available on pages with the Gantt view enabled.
      • The Color Legend option on the Task List page adds a color legend to the header or footer.
    • Add Image: Insert the company logo, the image for the current project, or the image for the current workspace.
    • Add Revision Box: Add a revision box to the selected section. To edit the content in the revision box, select Open Revision Box Editor from the Settings panel. In the Revisions dialog, you can enter text, rearrange and resize columns, and modify the alignment of text in the columns. Select Add to add more rows to the table. Deselect the Print checkbox for a row if you do not want that row to be printed on the PDF (the row is still saved in the Revisions dialog box). When you are finished editing the Revision Box, select Save.
      You can only have one unique revision box per named view. If you add multiple revision boxes to the printout, they will all have the same configuration.
    • Add Field: Add field variables to the selected section.

      Note: Field variable text that is only partially formatted may not display properly. Ensure the entire variable is formatted correctly.

    • Toggle Dividers: Toggle the display of section divider lines in the printout.
    • Sections: Display up to five separate sections in the header or footer.
  7. In the Settings panel, configure separate options to show the header and footer on all pages, only the first page, or only the last page of the print layout.
  8. Select Return to Preview to exit the edit mode.
  9. In the thumbnail selector, select individual page thumbnails to review the order, number, and appearance of the pages in the print layout. Continue to modify print settings according to your needs.
  10. When you are finished, select Print to print the layout to a PDF file. You can then view the layout or print it to a physical format.

    Note: Generating a print preview for a large number of records may slow performance. Select Cancel to return to the previous page.

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