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3-43 Thumbnails and full-screen previews (DocBuilder Pro)
• From the Thumbnail A and Thumbnail B windows you can open a full-screen
preview of a PostScript or raster file (see “Full-screen previews” on page 3-45).
• Using the Thumbnail A and Thumbnail B windows together, you can merge
PostScript or raster data from more than one file, even if the files were printed from
different applications on different computer platforms (see the next section and
“Merging PostScript and raster files with DocBuilder Pro” on page 4-15).
DocBuilder Pro’s merge features eliminate the limitations of particular software
applications. You can merge PostScript or raster pages of documents of different types,
even different computer operating systems. You can merge color pages from graphics
programs with text pages from a word processor. An outline of DocBuilder Pro’s
features follows; for more information and applications, see “Merging PostScript and
raster files with DocBuilder Pro” on page 4-15.
Editing and merging files with DocBuilder Pro
When you select a PostScript or raster data job and choose the Thumbnail A or
Thumbnail B command (from the Job menu or from the right-mouse commands), the
corresponding Thumbnail slider opens automatically, displaying thumbnails of the file.
To close the Thumbnail slider, click anywhere in the tab along the right edge of the
Thumbnail window. When the Thumbnail window is open, the arrows in the tab
point to the right, indicating that clicking the tab retracts the slider.
NOTE: The Thumbnail windows will open automatically for jobs held in the RIP area.
In order to open the Thumbnail windows for jobs in the Spool area, the jobs must first
be converted to PDF files. In addition, the Adobe Acrobat application and a dongle
(included with the DocBuilder Pro Upgrade option for the Command WorkStation)
are required to view the job. If the dongle is not attached, you will see an error
message. When you select a job in the Spool area and choose Thumbnail A or
Thumbnail B, the Acrobat Distiller application launches and the conversion process
occurs automatically; wait a few moments as the Command WorkStation prepares and
then opens the job for viewing.
With the Thumbnail A window you can see thumbnail views of any PostScript, PDF,
or raster data job—that is, any file that is currently RIPping, or any file that has been
RIPped and held to disk. You can also use the Thumbnail A window to edit a
PostScript, PDF, or raster file—you can change the sequence of pages, delete pages,