Printing a Visual Test

Print visual tests to save the content of your tests.

  1. Open the visual test that you want to print.
  2. Choose File > Print. The Print dialog box opens.
  3. Select the printer from the list.
  4. Optional: Click Properties to change the page setup settings, for example margins and orientation.
  5. Optional: In the Page Range section, specify whether to print the entire document or only selected pages.
  6. Optional: In the Number of copies filed, specify the number of copies to print.
  7. Optional: Check the Collate check box to print the corresponding page of every copy together. This check box is only enabled when you have selected to print more than one copy.
  8. Specify which steps should be printed.
    • Click Current view to print all steps as they display in the Test Steps pane.
    • Click Selection to print only the steps that are selected in the Test Steps pane.
  9. To customize the print output, click Options and select the type of information that you want to include in the printed output. Options include:
    Include
    Specifies the type of content to include.
    • Visual test summary – Includes a summary of the visual test that contains the name, project, creator, creation date, version, and description of the visual test. This summary appears on the first page of the printed output.
    • Latest result summary – Includes the summary page of the latest result of the visual test. This summary appears on the last page of the printed output.
    • Group screens – Includes the group screen snapshots, which contain the main context of the current dialog box or Web page, in the printed output. The test steps that follow the group screen correspond with a single action that occurs on the context of the current dialog box or Web page. The group screen corresponds with the Using step in the Test Steps pane. The group screen snapshots appear in the printed output as they do in the Screen Preview pane.
    • Disabled steps – Includes any disabled steps, which appear in gray text in the printed output.
    Include for each step
    Specifies the content to include for each step.
    • Screen – Includes any associated screen snapshots for each individual step. Individual screens correspond with a (step screen), which is associated with a specific action on the current dialog box or Web page. Step screen snapshots appear in the printed output as they do in the Screen Preview pane.
    • Description – Includes the step description for each step. The step description in the printed output appears as it does in the Step description property of the Properties pane.
    • Flag details – Includes flag details such as the flag description, creator, modifier, modification date, and assigned user.
    Include the following properties
    Specifies the properties to include for each step.
    • All properties – Includes all properties for each step.
    Default
    Click this button to select the default print options.
  10. Optional: Click Preview to display how the result information will look when printed. The Preview window opens.
  11. Click OK.