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--- other:report3d:report3d_export_pdf [2024/06/19 12:45] – sgranger
+++ other:report3d:report3d_export_pdf [2024/07/17 15:44] (current) – created sgranger
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-{{====== purpose ======
+====== Report3D Export PDF ======
-warning: the report3d product was never finished, so the title is wrong and the product is not available.
+===== Purpose =====
-however, if you want to simply print a visual3d report as a pdf, you can do this:
+WARNING: The Report3D product was never finished, so the title is wrong and the product is not available.
-) if you have adobe acrobat pro, jump to step 2. otherwise, download and install any shareware pdf creation package, like the cutepdf writer (www.cutepdf.com) and install it.
+However, if you want to simply print a Visual3D report as a PDF, you can do this:
-) open your visual3d report and click the printer icon in the toolbar. select the pdf tool as the output device. give the pdf file a meaningful name.
+) If you have Adobe Acrobat Pro, jump to step 2. Otherwise, download and install any shareware PDF creation package, like the CutePDF Writer (www.cutepdf.com) and install it.
-====== steps ======
+) Open your Visual3D report and click the printer icon in the toolbar. Select the PDF tool as the output device. Give the PDF file a meaningful name.
-===== step 1. open report =====
+===== Steps =====
-make sure that you have a report open. you can make it from scratch, alter an existing report, or load an existing report.
+==== Step 1. Open Report ====
-===== step 2. export and save =====
+Make sure that you have a report open. You can make it from scratch, alter an existing report, or load an existing report.
-|open the file drop down menu at the top left hand corner of the screen.\\ \\ select export as pdf.\\ \\ you will be asked where you would like to save the pdf and what you would like to call it.\\ \\ \\ |epstep2.png|
+==== Step 2. Export and Save ====
-===== step 3. verify pdf =====
+|Open the file drop down menu at the top left hand corner of the screen.\\ \\ Select Export as PDF.\\ \\ You will be asked where you would like to save the pdf and what you would like to call it.\\ \\ \\ |{{:EPStep2.png}}|
+==== Step 3. Verify PDF ====
+Open the PDF document that you have saved and verify that the content is there. Each of the report pages seen in the center of the screen will have been transferred to the PDF document.
-open the pdf document that you have saved and verify that the content is there. each of the report pages seen in the center of the screen will have been transferred to the pdf document.
-}}