The Report View Toolbar includes several options and functions that apply to the current report preview as described below:
Page Orientation
The default page orientation for FastPhotoReports is Portrait, but you can change to Landscape. Some photo page layouts may not render well in Landscape.
Click to launch the Printer dialog for printing reports. Some PDF creating tools operate as printers which can be selected from the Printer dialog printer dropdown list.
Click the PDF icon located on the Report View Toolbar to create a .pdf of the current Report View using FastPhotoReports built in PDF generator. A save dialog will appear to enter pdf filename and save location. After clicking save this additional advanced PDF options dialog will appear:
For normal PDF creation simply click OK.
For normal PDF creation simply click OK.
Advanced options include:
Embed True Type Fonts
Checking this option will embed true type fonts into the PDF to insure the text fonts in the created pdf text matches your original fonts. This will result in larger pdf file size but have more consistent appearance.
Create Form Fields
Available to work with advanced featured FastPhotoReports templates. This is a future Enterprise subscription feature only.
Use Compression
Checked by default (recommended). Uses image compression to reduce PDF file size.
Password Security
Allows you to set passwords for PDF access (ability to open) or Ownership (permission to edit)
Keep in mind that built in PDF security is generally considered weak.
Document Restrictions
Options to allow printing, editing, content copying / extraction and annotations editing. This feature is useful to make it more difficult for your report contents to be copied, etc. Again this kind of security is considered weak.
Preview in Adobe Acrobat Reader
Checking this option will automatically open up the created PDF in adobe reader immediately after creation. This is useful for a final review before sending out reports.
Document Info
Click this button to fill out document information including authorship, keywords and other information that can be embedded in the PDF file.
Output Range
Click to include only a subset of pages in the created PDF.
Viewer Preference
Click to set the preferences for the pdf viewer when the PDF is opened.
PDF QUALITY & FILE SIZE
You can adjust the PDF quality produced by choosing on of the available settings on the Report Options toolbar. (higher quality = larger pdf file size). There are also many great quality tools to 'crunch' pdf files even smaller with little to no loss of quality. Many of these tools work like a printer. Instead of clicking the PDF icon you click the PRINTER icon and then select the PDF maker from the printer list. The specific pdf tool dialog will appear to complete the PDF creation process. Examples of such tools are PrimoPDF, TurboPDF, Adobe Acrobat, BlueBeam and more.
Click navigation buttons to move to next / prev pages or 1st / Last pages. You can also jump to pages by clicking on a page using the Page thumbnail view or TOC view.
Click to display text search panel. You can search the entire report for text and the search result will list all report pages with links to the searched text.
Single Page Only - 1 page viewed at a time. No scroll bar is available with this view. Use navigation buttons to move next / previous
Single Page Scrollable - Same as single page but scrollable
Dual Page - 2 page spread at a time. No scroll bar available with this view
Dual Page Scrollable - 2 page spread with scroll bar.
