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Open independent display files, Browse a display from internet explorer, Zoom display size – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE ProcessBook 3.2 User Guide User Manual

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Work with a Display

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Open Independent Display Files

Independent Display Files use a .pdi extension in the file name.

When you double-click a display file in Windows Explorer, a copy of the
FactoryTalk Historian ProcessBook application installed on your PC
opens, just as it would if you double-clicked on a .piw file. The
independent display appears inside the application.

Browse a Display from Internet Explorer

You can select a .pdi file and look at it in Internet Explorer. FactoryTalk
Historian ProcessBook menus and toolbars appear in the Internet Explorer
window. This is similar to embedding a display in Excel, except that the
display becomes the entire Internet Explorer document.

The display is updated as it would be within a ProcessBook.

Zoom Display Size

Use the Zoom command to change the size of the drawing within a display
window.

1. Click View > Zoom

. The Zoom dialog box appears.

2. Click a percentage, or type a number in the Custom text box to

enlarge or reduce the drawing. The Custom text box displays the
current Scale Factor. Typing a number greater than the current Scale
Factor
enlarges the drawing; typing a number less than the current
Scale Factor
reduces it.

3. Select Fit all symbols to resize all the symbols in a display to fit

within the window.

If you want only specific symbols to fit within the display window,
select the symbols, and then select Fit Selected Symbols. The items in