Printing the selected document

Perceptive Search can either print files from your result list using the internal print facility, or by activating the appropriate program associated with the selected document and printing it through that application. Printing options are set up in the Perceptive Search Query Options. Using the internal printer will produce a plain text interpretation of the original document, and is hence faster than using the associated program. To print a document from the result list:

1. Select the document to be printed from your results list.
2. Select Document > Print from the menu or click the Print button . The document will be sent straight to the printer.

Printer Options

Perceptive Search allows you to specify how each format should be printed, the default method is to allow Perceptive Search to handle the printing for you, however you may want to configure a particular application to handle the printing. To control how a document is printed:

1. Select Tools > Preferences from the menu
2. Select Document Printing
3. Each supported format can be configured independently, select the format you wish to modify the launch settings for, the settings available are:
• Automatic - leave it to Perceptive Search
  With a document format selected on the left of the screen, this option tells Perceptive Search to use its own internal settings to activate or print documents in that format. This is the default option.
• Use Windows Explorer double-click method
  With a document format selected on the left of the screen, this option tells Perceptive Search to use the associations set up in Windows for that document format. Perceptive Search will activate the document using the same method that would be used if you double-clicked the document in Windows Explorer.
• Use nominated program
  With a document format selected on the left of the screen, this option tells Perceptive Search to use the nominated application with the appropriate DDE codes for activating or printing that document format. In this situation Perceptive Search is acting in a DDE client role. You will need to refer to your program's technical documentation to ensure the correct syntax and commands for using this section.

Printer Formatting

If you are leaving the printing to Perceptive Search, you can customize the formatting used when printing.

To change the settings:

1. Select Tools > Preferences from the menu
2. Select Printer
3. The following options apply:
• Double space printed output
  When printing via Perceptive Search' internal printer, print lines double-spaced.
• Use Word Processor for printing documents where possible
  The document will be sent to its associated application for printing.
  
  Note that using the internal Perceptive Search printer is faster.
• Include hit highlighting in output
  Search terms found by the query are highlighted on the printout, this option is only available if "Use Word Processor for printing" is not checked.
• Set default printer font
  Choose the font used by the internal printer when printing documents.