Previewing data on a layout
When you switch to Preview mode, you see the layout as it appears on the printed page. You can’t enter or edit information in fields in Preview mode.
In Preview mode, you see:
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how many records fit on a printed page
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popover buttons, but not their associated popovers or the contents of popovers (see Working with popovers on layouts)
To preview data on a layout:
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Verify that the found set contains the records you want to preview.
See steps 1 through 4 in Printing records.
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Click Preview in the layout bar (Browse mode), or choose Preview from the Mode pop-up menu at the bottom of the document window.
To move through pages in Preview mode:
Use the navigation controls in the status toolbar. Click Backward button and Forward button, drag the slider left and right, or type a page number in the current page number box and press Enter or Return.
Navigation controls in Preview mode
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Choose Records menu > Go to Record > Next, Previous, or Go To to move to the next, previous, or a specific page. (These menu items are not available if the status toolbar is hidden and locked by a script step.)
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Notes
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Placeholder text is not visible and navigation parts do not display in Preview mode.