Opening documents in separate browser windows: Exporting documents to HTML

You can open the current document in a separate browser window outside of MicroStrategy. This allows you to preview what the document will look like in MicroStrategy Web, but you cannot modify the document or interact with it.

Opening a document in a separate browser window is useful for a document designer. It allows him to return to the Document Editor, switch to Design View, and edit the document while referring to a copy of the document as it looks in a browser.

• If your document contains page-by fields, you can choose to export the entire document or only the page currently displayed. Page-by allows you to view the PDF by a selected group element.

• If your document contains multiple layouts, you can choose to export the entire document or only the current layout. For more information on how layouts are exported to HTML, see Exporting multi-layout documents.

Before you export a document, you can specify the export options. These options include whether the user is prompted to choose what to export. For details and instructions, see Selecting HTML export options for documents.

To export a document to HTML

1. In MicroStrategy Developer, double-click the document name or icon. The document opens in PDF View, in Acrobat Reader.

2. Click the Export to HTML icon in the toolbar. The Export to HTML dialog box opens.
   
   If the Export to HTMLicon is unavailable, you must select HTML as an export format. For instructions, see Selecting available export formats.

   If the dialog box is not displayed, you do not need to choose what to export, and the document opens in a browser. The data that is exported depends on the layout and page-by properties in Document Properties dialog box: Export. This occurs for any of the following reasons:

   • The Prompt user on export option in the Document Properties dialog box is cleared.

   • The document has one layout and is not grouped.

   • The document has one layout, is grouped, and the page-by selections are set to all.

3. If your document contains multiple layouts, you can choose to export the entire document or only the current layout. For more information on how layouts are exported, see Exporting multi-layout documents.

   •  To export the entire document, select All layouts.

   • To export the current layout only, select Current layout.

4. If your document contains page-by fields, you can choose to export the entire document or only the page currently displayed. Page-by allows you to view the PDF by a selected group element.

   • To export the entire document, clear the Expand page-by check box.

   • To export only the page displayed in PDF View, select the Expand page-by check box.

5. Click OK. A copy of the document opens in a browser.

Related Topics

• Selecting HTML export options for documents

• Switching between views