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Print preview

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, print preview means: A screen view that shows how a document will look on paper before you print it.

In Turkish: baskı önizleme

How it is used

Used in word processors, spreadsheets, and PDF tools to check page breaks, margins, scaling, and orientation before printing.

Example sentences

  1. I opened print preview before sending the report to the printer, because the charts often move onto a blank extra page.

    Here, the term means the pre-print display used to catch layout problems before paper and toner are wasted.

  2. In print preview, the invoice header looked too close to the top margin, so I adjusted the template first.

    In this example, the term helps the user inspect spacing on the printed page and correct the document setup.

Common collocations

  • open print preview
  • check print preview
  • print preview mode
  • printerA machine connected to a computer or network that puts text and images from digital files onto paper.
  • templateA ready-made file with a fixed layout and standard text, used as a starting point so that similar documents look the same and take less time.

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