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5. Printing of lists

KVideolist can print Your movielist in any layout You want and in any sort-mode You decide.

5.1 Preparing the list

Before You start printing, select the sort-mode You want in KVideolist's main window In General, the list will be printed as it is at the moment, that means that also the Search-mode and a chosen Genre will affect the printed list. Select "File->Print" from the main-menu to get into the print-dialog.

5.2 Using predefined layouts

Because defining a complete new layout for a list could be a time consuming task, KVideolist comes with three predefined layouts. They are all made for the "by Name" Sortmode.

Simple List Layout

Best choice for older recorders without LongPlay functionality and non-HiFi systems.

Advanced List Layout

LongPlay, Genres, StartTime, PlayTime. Best choice for people like me, who are trying to find out *what kind of* movie that is, which the girlfriend has recorded :-)

Complex List Layout

All available options are enabled. Small font.

5.3 Creating a new layout

You can also create Your very own list format. The white area at the bottom of the print-dialog is an example entry of Your list. All entries in the list will be printed the way You designed this one. On the left side near the white-area You see a scrollbar. Change this to change the Height of an entry. The smaller the height, the more entries will be printed on one page.

What should be printed?

Top-left in the dialog You see some checkboxes. Here You can decide what should be printed in the list. For "True/False" options like "Stereo", "Surround" or "MovieText" a "*" will be printed.

Where should the data be printed?

On the right half of the dialog there are several small white areas. If You enable a item which should be printed in the list, it is shown here. Click on the item to move it. Move it into the example entry and click again. Click on the button "Show Grid" to show a grid to help You with exact positioning of the items.

How does it look like?

Until now, KVideolist only showed the descriptions of what will appear if the list is printed. Click on "View example Entry" to view the entry exactly as it will be printed. One of the best movies of all times if shown here :-). Click the button again to enable the descriptions again.

Font selection

You can change the fonts for every item You have activated. Click on "Select Item-Font" and the cursor will change into a cross. Now click on the item You want to change and select it's new font.

Clicking on "Global Font" will change the font of every item You have activated.

Saving the Layout

You can save Your layout by clicking on "Save Layout". From now on, KVideolist will use this layout until the click on this button.

5.4 Preview of the list

A preview function is not implemented yet. As a workaround, You can choose "Print to File" after clicking on the "Print" button, and view this file with Your favourite PostScript-Viewer.


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