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Print Layout View

The PrintLayoutView is best used to prepare the document for printing. To switch to the view, set the RichEditControl.ActiveViewType property to the RichEditViewType.PrintLayout value.

The Print Layout view displays the document as it appears on the printed page, with headers, footers, margins and multicolumn layout.

A typical Print Layout view layout is shown in the following picture.

Views-PrintLayoutView

The Print Layout view displays horizontal and vertical rulers.

The RichEdit API implements the PrintLayoutView class for the Print Layout view.

Tip

The view of the RichEditControl which is currently in use is accessible by the RichEditControl.ActiveView property.

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