Print and Present Views and Gantt Charts

Use the Print/Presentation pane to specify all the settings you need to create PDF presentations and prints from views and Gantt charts. For the latest on printing and presentation modes in version 11+, see the Printing and Presentation document in the Tilos Community.

Ways to access

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Note: For Gantt chart-specific settings, see Prepare Gantt Charts for Printing.

Options

Picture scaling for presentations

When preparing a PDF presentation, you can set the scaling for the images it includes. This is done by resampling the pictures in the presentation by a given DPI (dots per inch). 

Note: Tilos cannot currently create a layered PDF.

In the Picture quality list, select an option:

The scaling you choose can affect the quality of images, so your choices are: 

Selecting <none> creates the PDF the fastest; all other methods take ~10x the length of time to generate and open the PDF in Adobe Reader/Acrobat. Image scaling has no effect on the output of scalable vector graphics (SVGs).

Reducing the quality of a presentation image (by resampling) reduces the size of the PDF. Using these settings can help you produce PDFs with smaller file sizes (if lower image quality is acceptable).

Note:  Sometimes, finely detailed line styles are printed with a lower resolution. Tilos ALWAYS prints the level of detail that correlates to the visibility on the screen. This behavior was similar in the older versions, but it was not a bug; it was, rather, dependent on the setting:

Presentation Mode

In addition to classic printing to a local printer driver, Tilos provides the functionality to create PDF and SVG (scalable vector graphic) files directly from within the software. This new printing functionality is called “Create presentation”. 

Rather than manage the complexity of Microsoft Windows-based printing, Tilos now leaves the printing of PDF to Adobe Acrobat Reader. Each PDF is a single file, possibly with multiple pages depending on the view you are printing. After installing Tilos 11, the new “Presentation” printing mode is activated. Set your default printing mode in Tools > Options > Functions tab > Printing Mode.

The toolbar icon changes based on your Printing Mode selection and the view type. 

Use the Print pane to control print settings and organize a view for printing. Changes to view dimensions can be made graphically or in the Tab - View. To make printing simpler, you can choose between a basic and an advanced mode.

Basic and Advanced Print Modes

The first time you open the Print pane, click the Advanced button to see all of the settings (described in "Setting Print Properties" on page 1141 Configure the settings for the way you regularly need to print and save your choices as a template. Then, you can simply click Basic and use that simplified set of settings until you need to make changes.

To print a Gantt chart, use the Print Form View that includes all of the parameters (size, printer, margins...) you need. The print form view printing parameters are set for an Integrated view. Then, you just have to choose the print form and mode you want to use:

Print modes

The print form view is limited to a single cell, and all projects and templates default to a specific page format, A3, for example. When you select your Print Form View, click the Edit button to change it without changing your current view; the form opens in a new pane.

View-Driven Setup for Printing

For a defined page size (e.g., A0 landscape), these steps are recommended for organizing a view:

Project Data-Driven Setup for Printing

You can also, however, work in the other direction, letting your planning and the project data define the size of the page:

Scalable Vector Graphics

Scalable vector graphics (SVGs) files (.svg) are web-safe for dashboards, and they can be opened and printed via web browsers. SVG is an interactive/bi-directional format, so you can, e.g., annotate each image with comments. 

Use Classic Print Mode

Rather than manage the complexity of Microsoft Windows-based printing, Tilos leaves the printing of PDF to Adobe Acrobat Reader. Each PDF is a single file, possibly with multiple pages depending on the view you are printing. 

For details on classic print options, see below or in these topics in the installed help system: