View/Print Model Text

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View/Print Model Text

The modular nature of ProModel makes it easy to focus on the individual elements of a model. However, it can still be useful to see an entire model with all of the model elements in view at one time. ProModel provides two ways to accomplish this. The first is through the View Text option and the second is through the Print Text and Print Layout Options.

The second major division of the File menu contains the following options.

Each menu selection is covered in detail in the following pages.

View Text Displays the text of the current model data in a window.
Print Text Prints the text of the current model to either a file or the printer.
Print Layout Prints the model layout to a printer.
Printer Setup Opens a dialog box to allow printers to be selected and controlled.

View Text

The View Text option displays the text of the current model data in a window. This window may be sized or shrunk to an icon for later viewing.

How to view the text of a model:

Select View Text from the File menu. The model's text is displayed in a window as shown in the following example.

Only the first 30 characters of names will appear in the names column.

Please Note: You may leave the View Text window open for reference while editing the model. However, any updates will not appear until you close the window and select View Text again.

Print Text

The Print and Print Layout options allow you to print a model to any printer configured for use with Windows. You may also save a text copy of the file to disk.

How to save a text copy of the current model:

Select Print Text... from the File menu.
Select To Text File from the submenu.
Supply a name for the file in the Print to Text File dialog box. The default file extension is TXT.

How to print the current text to a printer:

Select Print Text... from the File menu.
Select To Printer from the submenu.
Select the desired options from the Print dialog box and click PRINT.

Please Note: The entire layout may also be copied to the clipboard for editing and printing in another application.

Print Layout

You may print the layout of any model including all locations, path networks, resources, variables and background graphics to any printer configured for use with Windows. Regardless of the size of the model layout, the layout will be proportioned automatically to print on one standard size sheet of paper.

How to print a model layout:

Select Print Layout from the File menu.
Select the desired options from the Print dialog box and click PRINT.

Choose the elements to be included in the layout.

Printer Setup

ProModel allows you to print to any printer configured for use with Windows. At times you may need to switch from the default printer to another printer or plotter. This can be done easily through the Setup option on the print dialog box.

How to change the printer settings:

Select Printer Setup... from the File menu to access the Print Setup dialog box.
Select the desired options and click OK.