Print preview with page numbering for multiple pages per sheet

摘要

A sheet preview system generates a print preview of a sheet that has a layout specifying a position and orientation for each page. To generate the print preview of the sheet, the sheet preview system displays a representation of the sheet that includes an image of each page of the sheet. The sheet preview system positions and orients the images in accordance with the layout of the sheet. The sheet preview system then displays in association with each displayed image of a page the page number of that page. The sheet preview system may orient the page number of the page in accordance with the orientation of the page.

主权项

1. A method in a computing device with a display for displaying a print preview representation of a sheet containing multiple pages of a document, the pages of the document having page numbers that are not printed when the pages are printed, the method comprising:
providing multiple pages to be printed on a sheet, the sheet having a layout specifying a position and an orientation for each page, the position of a page specifying where the page is to be printed on the sheet, the orientation of a page specifying how the page is to be oriented when printed on the sheet; displaying on the display a print preview representation of the sheet, the representation of the sheet including an image of each page of the sheet, the image of each page including content of that page that is printed on the sheet when the sheet is printed but not including the page number of the page, the images of the pages being positioned and oriented in accordance with the layout of the sheet; and displaying adjacent to each displayed image a page of the print preview representation the page number of the page, the displayed page number for each page not being included on the page when the page is printed, wherein the displayed image of a page that includes content of that page is displayed simultaneously with the displayed page number of that page,so that a user viewing the print preview representation can identify the page number of each page even though the content of the page does not include a page number.