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Part I: The Basics
First, you can fix the Design view to a set of dimensions. In the status bar, you can see the current
dimensions of the window the Design view represents. Click the dimensions entry to see the menu
shown in Figure 1 - 11 , which allows you to choose from several page sizes.
Dimension status Page Size menu
Current dimensions
Figure 1-11
If the selected dimensions are smaller than the current design window, the width of the working area is
reduced to the horizontal dimension selected. The chosen vertical dimension is shown by a dotted line
across the visible area of the page.
If the selected dimensions are larger than the current design window, the workspace is expanded
horizontally, and the scroll bar at the bottom of the window is activated.
The default page sizes represent Microsoft Internet Explorer in its default configuration. You can create
your own set of dimensions to choose from.
When a fixed page size is selected, the dimension status shows the hash symbol seen in Figure 1 - 11 .
The Page Size menu is also available under the View menu.
Design view provides a close approximation of the rendering of your page, especially with the Visual
Aids turned off. However, even with the fixed page size option, SharePoint Designer cannot perfectly
reproduce the environment of a web browser. To resolve this, SharePoint Designer provides the option to
preview your page directly in web browsers.
Not only can a page be rendered differently in a browser than within SharePoint Designer, but different
browsers and even different versions of the same browser have their own ways of rendering pages. It is
best practice, therefore, to test your pages in each of the browsers you expect to view your site.
SharePoint Designer ’ s Preview in Browser function enables you to select an exact environment in which
to test your pages. Figure 1 - 12 shows the Preview in Browser menu as selected from the icon in the
Common toolbar.
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