Report Printing

The reports produced by Contract Collector can either be printed on paper or viewed on your monitor. When you select a report from one of the menus in Contract Collector, a pop-up window similar to the one shown at the right, prompts you to either select MONITOR or DEFAULT PRINTER. You choose either option by selecting the appropriate radio button in OUTPUT. Complete information about the options for each report is provided in the documentation.

Output

Under the Output heading, you specify whether to display the report on your monitor or to print it. A default of Monitor is provided. If you change the default to a printer, the system remembers your choice and uses it as a default for subsequent reports during your current work session. The default remains the same for all reports until you change it again or log off the system.

To the right of the radio buttons in OUTPUT, there is a printer icon used for changing your default printer. When you position the mouse pointer over the icon and click, a pop-up window listing all your installed printer devices appears. If you need to change your default printer, choose the appropriate printer and close the PRINTERS pop-up window. For further information on changing or installing default print drivers, refer to your Windows User Manual.

After you have specified all the options and the output device, click on the OK push-button to print or view the report.

Printing to Disk: To output a report or notice to a disk file instead of your printer, you will need to install a Print to Disk File print driver in Windows. Refer to your Windows User Manual for details. Once you have installed the Print to Disk File print driver in Windows, you will need to select that print driver as your DEFAULT PRINTER. Printing to a disk file creates an ASCII text file that contains the output from the report or notice, which can then be opened and edited with a word processor.

Monitor Display

You may choose to display some reports on your monitor. The on-screen report viewer includes vertical and horizontal scroll and zoom control.

When viewing a report on your monitor, the following push-button features are available.

OK When you finish viewing the report, click the OK push-button to clear the report and return to the PRINT DIALOG screen.

Next Use the NEXT push-button to scroll through multi-page reports one page at a time in ascending order.

Previous Use the PREVIOUS push-button to scroll through multi-page reports one page at a time in descending order.

Page To go to a specific page on the report such as page 3, enter the page number in the field to the right of the PAGE push-button and press the PAGE push-button.

Zoom In

When the cursor is placed over the report with the mouse, it changes to a magnifying glass. Press the left mouse button to zoom in on the report. You can also press the ZOOM IN button to view the report at actual size. At actual size, you will need to use the vertical scroll bars to view the report from side-to-side or the horizontal scroll bar to view the report from top to bottom.

Zoom Out

If you selected ZOOM IN to view the report at actual size, you can use ZOOM OUT or click the left mouse button to display the entire report on your monitor.

Keyboard

When viewing a report using only the keyboard, use the following keys and key combinations: