7.1. Generating Reports

You can click on the Report Preview tab in the main window pane to generate a summary of all of the objects in your Outline. Once started, the report generation process must run to completion. Avoid clicking anywhere in the Workbench window while the report is generating because it will stop the report and may cause an error.

The Details information for each object appears as tables in the report. Figures and images appear as specified in the Outline. Charts that appear in the outline are also included.

When you are viewing the Report Preview tab, several related buttons will appear in your toolbar. Use the Print button to print a copy of the report. The Publish button will save the report in one of three formats:

  • .mht, a web page archive format that can be opened by Internet Explorer 5.5 or later

  • .html file with graphics in a sub directory

  • .html file with graphics in the same directory

Click Publish then select the format in which you want to save from the Save as type drop down list.

Use the Send To button to send the report to an email recipient (.mht file format only), Word, or PowerPoint. The document is opened in Word as any published HTML file would be. Only the images contained in the report are imported in PowerPoint; no other information is imported.

See Report Preview for more information on generating reports.