GChemPaint/C2/View-Print-and-Export-structures/English-timed

Title of the tutorial: View-Print-and-Export-structures

Author: Madhuri Ganapathi

Key words: View options, Zoom factor, Page setup, Portrait, Landscape, Reverse portrait, Reverse landscape, print, Export an image as SVG and PDF formats, video tutorial.

Time	Narration
00:00	Hello everyone.
00:02	Welcome the tutorial on View, Print and Export structures in GChemPaint.
00:09	In this tutorial we will learn:
00:11	*View options
00:13	*Zoom factor
00:14	*Page setup
00:15	*Print Preview
00:17	*Print a document
00:19	*Export an image as SVG and PDF formats.
00:24	Here I am using
00:26	Ubuntu Linux OS version. 12.04,
00:30	GChemPaint version 0.12.10
00:35	To follow this tutorial you should be familiar with,
00:40	GChemPaint chemical structure editor.
00:43	If not, for relevant tutorials, please visit our website.
00:48	To open a new GChemPaint application,
00:52	click on Dash home.
00:53	In the Search bar that appears, type GChemPaint.
00:58	Click on the GChemPaint icon.
01:01	Let's first open an existing file.
01:05	Click on Open a file icon from the toolbar.
01:09	A window with files and folders opens.
01:12	Select the file named “pentane-ethane” from the list.
01:16	Click on Open button.
01:19	Now first let's learn about View options.
01:23	Go to View menu.
01:25	In the View menu, we have two options Full Screen and Zoom.
01:31	Let's select Zoom option.
01:33	A submenu opens with a list of zoom factors.
01:38	Scroll down the list and select Zoom to %.
01:43	A dialog box with zoom factor (%) opens.
01:47	The default zoom factor(%) value is displayed.
01:51	Here we can increase or decrease the Zoom factor as required.
01:57	Click on the up or down arrow triangle and observe the zooming.
02:03	Click on Apply and then click on OK.
02:07	The structure appears with the applied zoom factor.
02:11	Next, let's see how to setup a page.
02:15	Go to File menu, navigate to Page Setup and click on it.
02:20	The Page Setup window opens.
02:23	This window contains two tabs - Page and Scale.
02:29	Page tab contains fields like Paper, Center on Page and Orientation.
02:36	In the Paper field, we can set the default paper size.
02:41	Let's click on Change Paper Type button.
02:44	The Page Setup dialog box opens.
02:48	There are 3 options here - Format for, Paper size and Orientation.
02:55	Select your default printer in the Format for field.
03:00	I will select my default printer.
03:03	Paper size field has a drop down list with different paper sizes.
03:09	I will select A4.
03:11	Below this field the dimensions of A4 size are displayed.
03:17	Note that paper size dimensions are displayed for every selected paper size.
03:24	In the orientation field we have 4 radio buttons -
03:29	Portrait,
03:30	Landscape,
03:31	Reverse portrait,
03:32	and Reverse landscape.
03:35	By default Portrait is selected.
03:39	Let's leave as it is and click on Apply.
03:43	Next, we have margin sizes.
03:46	Top margin, Left margin, Right margin and Bottom margin.
03:52	Here,we can adjust the margins as required.
03:56	Next field is Unit.
03:59	Unit field can be set in inches, millimetres and points.
04:05	Note that when we change the Unit, margin sizes automatically change to suit the Unit.
04:14	Let's learn about Center on page.
04:17	Here we have two check boxes Horizontally and Vertically.
04:22	Let's click on Horizontally check box.
04:26	We can see the preview of our structure by clicking on the Preview button.
04:33	Here we can see the Preview.
04:35	Let's close the preview window.
04:38	In the Orientation field we have radio buttons for
04:43	Portrait,
04:44	Landscape,
04:45	Reverse portrait and Reverse landscape
04:49	By default, Portrait is selected.
04:53	Now, let's click on Landscape radio button.
04:57	and then click on Preview button.
05:01	Here we can see the preview of Landscape Orientation.
05:06	You can explore the other Orientation options on your own.
05:11	If you click on Print button, the file will be printed with the changes made.
05:17	You can also scale your structure as required before printing.
05:23	For this, you can use the various options in the Scale tab.
05:28	Explore Scale tab on your own.
05:32	Let's click on Close button to close the Page Setup window.
05:37	Next, let's learn how to export an image.
05:41	Go to File menu, select “Save as image”.
05:44	“Save as image” dialog box opens.
05:48	File Type field has a list of image options.
05:52	You can export the image as SVG, EPS, PDF, PNG, JPEG and a few others.
06:04	Let's select SVG image.
06:07	Enter file name as “Pentane-ethane”.
06:11	Click on Save button.
06:13	Here we can see that file is saved as a SVG image.
06:18	Next let's export the image as PDF document.
06:23	Go to File menu, select “Save as image”.
06:27	“Save as image” dialog box opens.
06:31	From File Type , select PDF document.
06:35	Enter the file name as “Pentane-ethane” ,
06:39	click on Save button.
06:41	Here we can see the file is saved as a PDF document.
06:46	With this we come to the end of this tutorial.
06:50	Let's summarize.
06:51	In this tutorial we have learnt about:
06:54	*View options
06:56	*Zoom factor
06:57	*Page setup
06:58	*Print Preview
07:00	*Print a document and
07:03	*Export an image.
07:05	As an assignment,
07:06	print the structures in A5, B5 and JB5 formats.
07:12	Export the image as EPS and PNG formats.
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08:04	This is Madhuri Ganpathi from IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for joining.

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