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Section 7: Preview Mode

There are five different views available to preview your schedule. Each serves a unique purpose:

Preview tabs

Preview Tabs

  • Editor
    This is the default view, limited to the selected meeting.

Note: Any assignment conflicts are highlighted with a 🔴 red background (customizable via the template’s stylesheet). This view is not suitable for printing or saving as PDF.

  • Workbook
    Displays the regular meeting schedule, week by week.
  • Worksheet
    Displays the Chairman’s and Auxiliary Counsellor’s worksheets.
  • Slips
    Displays the S-89 assignment slips for printing or review.
  • Custom
    Displays any extra reports you’ve created yourself.

Toolbar Buttons

Some views support additional controls. Here's what’s available:

Context Menu

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Tip: You can right-click the preview area to access a special context menu with useful shortcuts:

  • Refresh– Reload the current schedule view.

  • Export – Save the schedule as HTML, PDF, or S-89 Data.

  • Print – Print the schedule (or use Print to PDF).

  • More Tools – Provides additional browser-based tools:

    • Share – Uses your browser’s built‑in sharing options.

Advanced Viewing Options

Found under the View sub-menu:

  • CSS – View the stylesheets that define the schedule’s appearance.
  • XML – Access the raw schedule data.
  • XSL – Examine the transformation template that processes the XML.
  • View Source – See the final HTML used to render the schedule.

Note: These tools are mainly used to customize or create templates.

Other Tools

  • Find – Quickly search for specific words or phrases within the schedule.
  • Open File Location – Opens the working data folder and highlights the active schedule template file.
  • Inspect – Analyse the structure and content of the schedule for deeper insight.

Click on the respective links within the app to learn more about each feature.