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Set up for Printing Data Reports

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Printing Instructions
Landscape/Portrait Printing
Page Setup
Setting your Browser up to print the Reports

When viewing the Potential Generic Savings and Specialist Drugs Reports, you will see that the screen is divided into 3 frames:

  • Index frame (down the left hand side, containing shortcuts to the home page, help and available reports)
  • List Box frame (top of the screen, containing the drop-down list boxes)
  • Report frame (where the report is displayed after pressing the "Show Report" button on the List Box frame.

(i) To Print do one of the following three things:

  1. Select "File" from the menu bar
  2. Press "Alt + F"
  3. Right click with the mouse on the frame you wish to print

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(ii) (a) and (b) above will both produce a drop-down list from the menu bar as shown below:

Print menu

Select "Print" using the mouse or by pressing "p" on the keyboard.

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(iii) If you selected (c) in (i) above, then you will view the following pop-up menu:

pop-up menu

Select "Print" with the mouse or press "i" on the keyboard.

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(iii) You will now be viewing a Print Dialog box as shown below:

Print dialog box

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(iv) In this Dialog box you select your printer in the first section. Select "All" in the "Print Range" section and enter the number of copies you require in the "copies" section. Choose the frames you wish to print in the "print frames" section.

You may print:-

  1. all the frames as you view them on the screen (1st option in the list)
  2. The selected frame (the frame you chose in (c) above.
  3. All the frames individually.

The most common requirement is likely to be option 2 above, to print out just the report.

Press "OK". Your report should now print.

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To change from landscape to portrait or vice versa, follow steps (i) above and you will get the Print Dialog box again. Press the button marked "Properties"

Portrait printing

You will see a "Document Properties" Dialog Box, where you can select portrait or landscape printing and if your printer offers the facility - duplex printing. You can also select the paper size. However please note that all testing on this application has been carried out using A4 paper, and the reports are designed to print on A4 paper.

N.B It is recommended that Potential Generic Savings Reports are printed in LANDSCAPE orientation.

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Browsers are often set up to print out headers and footers on any documentation. If you want to alter or omit the header or footer then:

  1. Select "File" from the menu bar
  2. Press "Alt + F"

You will then view a drop-down list as demonstrated below:

Page set-up menu

Select "Page Setup" or type "u" at the keyboard. This will bring up the "Page Setup" Dialog box shown below:

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Page set-up dialog box

where you can alter the header and/or footer, change the margins or the orientation (another way to alternate between landscape and portrait)

1) Select "HELP...ABOUT INTERNET EXPLORER"

About Internet Explorer

and make sure your browser version is at least 4.72.3110.8. If it isnt then download the latest version from Microsofts Web site.

About Internet Explorer

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(2) Choose "VIEW...INTERNET OPTIONS"
If you are using IE 5 then choose "TOOLS...INTERNET OPTIONS"

Internet options menu

(3) Select the "Advanced" Tab on the Internet Options Dialog Box

Internet options

(4) Ensure that under Multimedia, the following check boxes are ticked:

  • Show pictures

(5) Ensure that under Printing, the following check box is ticked:

  • Print background colors and images

Press "Apply" then "OK".

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If you have any queries please telephone the PPA Helpdesk on 0191 203 5050

 

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