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Windows Standard Printer Selection Dialog

Use the following steps to become familiar with the Windows standard printer selection dialog support in CA ERwin Data Modeler.

  1. Open one of your existing models and launch the Page Setup dialog by clicking File, Page Setup.
  2. Click the General tab and specify the general page settings like page size, orientation, and so on. Click the Margins tab and specify the Header/Footer and Margins values to use for printing. Save these settings to the currently open diagram by selecting Save to Diagram, and then close the Page Setup dialog.
  3. Open the Diagram Editor and click the Page Setup or Page Setup Margins tab. Verify that the changes made to the page settings in Step 2 are reflected here as well. Close the Diagram Editor.
  4. Open the Page Setup dialog again, and make some changes to the General or Margins settings. Click Load from Diagram and notice that the settings from the current diagram are restored and override your changes. Select the Keep synchronized with current diagram option to keep the page setup and current diagram page style settings synchronized. Save the changes by closing the dialog.
  5. Open the Overview pane and notice the grid view of the model content printed on each page. Open the Page Setup dialog again, and change the Zoom Level value to 400 and click Close. Observe the corresponding changes to the grid view in Overview pane and increase in the number of pages required to print the diagram.
  6. Launch the Print Preview dialog by clicking File, Print Preview. Browse through all of the pages being printed according to the Print and Page Setup Options, using the Prev and Next page commands. Also explore the Zoom In and Zoom Out options. Close the Print Preview dialog.
  7. Click Print on the File menu (or press Ctrl+P) to launch the Print dialog. Select a printer from the drop-down and click the Properties button to launch the standard printer properties dialog. Press Cancel to close the printer properties dialog. You can also launch the Preview and Page Setup dialogs in the Print dialog to further customize the print settings.
  8. In the Print dialog, specify the Page Range that you want to print. Specify whether to print the diagram or selected objects, and specify the print order.
  9. Customize all the print options as needed, and click Print to begin printing. Compare the printed copy of the model with the actual diagram to notice if there are any differences.