Visual Paradigm for UML Printing Tutorial

Print Preview Window

Figure 16.1 Visual Paradigm for UML with IDE

1. Click on File on the main menu. Click on Print... under the file menu. Alternatively, click on the Print icon on the toolbar. The Print Preview Window appears.

Figure 16.2 The Print Preview Window

The Print Preview Toolbar


Icon	Notation	Definition
	Print	Print the selected diagrams. The Print dialog box appears.
	Setup Page	Set the page properties for printing the diagrams. The Setup Page appears.
	Adjust Margin	Adjust the margins of the pages. The margins can be edited by inputting the value in the text boxes in the print preview area or dragging the margin lines on the page.
	Zoom Pages	Zoom in/out the diagrams.
	Paper Base Layout	Set the paper shown horizontally or vertically.
	Paper Place Style	By default, the setting is “Horizontal, then Vertical” – the pages will be shown horizontally “Vertical, then Horizontal” – the pages will be shown vertically.
	Fit to Ratio	Set the diagram size to fit into specified ratio.
	Fit to Pages	Set the diagram size to fix into page(s).
	Overlapping	To adjust the percentage of the margin of the pages to be duplicated for printing.
	Show Image Clip Mark	Show the clip marks that surround the diagrams in pages.
	Edit Header/Footer	Edit the header/footer of the pages. The print preview area appears with Multi Page Options. You can insert the auto text below: - Set Front - Insert Page Number - Insert Number of Pages - Insert Date - Insert Time - Insert File Name - Insert Diagram Name
	Multi Page Mode	Set number of pages and the page style to be printed in a sheet.
	Close	Close the print preview window and switch back to VPUML.

Table 2 The Print Preview Toolbar

Printing

Printing Diagrams

1. To print diagrams, check the check boxes of the desired diagrams in the Project Explorer. The print preview area will show the selected diagram.

2. Click on the Print button on the toolbar. The Print dialog box appears.

3. Click OK in the Print dialog box. The diagrams will be printed.

Print Settings

1. Click on the Print button on the toolbar. The Print dialog box appears.

2. Set the pages and the number of copies to be printed. Click OK to print the diagrams.

Page Settings

1. Click on the Setup Page button on the toolbar. The Page Setup dialog box appears.

2. Click on the Size pull-down box to select the paper type. The page view will be updated.

3. Click on the Source combo box to select the paper source.

4. Click on either the Portrait/Landscape Orientation. The page view will be updated.

5. To set the Margins of the paper, click on the Left, Right, Top or Button text box and input the corresponding margin sizes. The page view will be updated.

6. Click on OK to confirm the settings or click on Cancel to undo the settings.

Adjusting the Paper Margins

1. Click on the Adjust Margin button on the toolbar. The preview area shows a blank paper and the margins of the paper.

2. Edit the margins with the text boxes – Header, Footer, Top, Bottom, Left and Right. Alternatively, you can drag the margin lines on the paper to adjust the margins.

3. Click on the Adjust Margin button on the toolbar again to preview the diagram. The margins will be updated.

Zooming

1. Click on the Zoom Pages pull-down box to select the zoom percentage. The preview area will be updated.

Setting the Diagram Base Layout

1. To set the diagram base layout in the preview area, Click on the Diagram Base Layout button on the toolbar. The layout is changed.

Set Paper Place Style

By Default, the place style is “Horizontal, then Vertical”. The place style can be set to “Vertical, then Horizontal”.

1. Click on the Paper Place Style button on the toolbar to set the place style. The style is now set to “Vertical, then Horizontal”.

Fit to Ratio

1. Click on the Fit to pull-down box to select the Ratio for fitting the diagram with ratio.

2. Input the ratio, for example 50%, in the Ratio text box. The diagrams in the preview area will be updated.

Fit to Pages

1. Click on the Fit to pull-down box to select Pages for fitting the diagram with pages.

2. Click on the Fit to Column and Row button on the toolbar. The page layout selector appears.

3. Move the mouse cursor to select rows and columns. Then click on the selected cell. The diagram will be cut into (row x column) pages.

Setting the Overlapping of a Diagram

1. Click on the Overlapping text box to input the over lapping percentage, 20%. Then press Enter. The pages will be updated in the preview area. The diagram image near the margin will be duplicated.

Showing the Image Clip Mark

1. Click on the Show Image Clip Mark button on the toolbar. The diagrams will be surrounded by the clip mark in the pages.

Editing the Header/Footer of the Pages

1. Click on the Edit Header/Footer button on the toolbar. The Header/Footer editor appears.

2. Input the header and footer for the pages.

3. Click on the Edit Header/Footer button again. The Header/Footer editor is closed. The header and footer text are added to the pages.

Multi Page Mode

1. Press Ctrl and select more diagrams.

2. Click on the Multi Page Mode button on the toolbar. The preview area with Multi Page Options appears.

2. Click on the page layout selector on the toolbar. Select the rows and columns.

3. Then click on the selected cell. The preview area will be updated. A sheet now contains (rows x columns) pages.

4. Click on the Page Style button to change the page style. The print preview area will be updated.

5. Click on the Multi Page Mode button again to exit the multi page mode.

Exit Print Preview Window

1. Click on the Close button to close the Print Preview Window and switch back to the VPUML.