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 To close the report dialog, either click the **[X]** in the frame of the dialog (if provided by your browser) or click the **[Close]** toolbar icon at the far right of the toolbar.
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+==== How to I print a report? ====
+{{ :pergamonmystic:linkedhelp:mystichelp_report_0004.jpg?200|}} Because Mystic is an online application, and the report is being generated on a Cloud Server physically removed from your own workstation, the printing of reports works in a slightly different way to what you would be used to on a conventional desktop application.
+For security reasons, Cloud based applications of all types including office-automation applications such as Office365, Google Docs etc. do not have direct access to any of your local devices such as monitor, hard-disk or network and in this case most importantly, your printer.
+All printing therefore takes place via requests to your Browser, which is a local application which //does// have access to these devices. The easiest and most secure means of printing is to provide a finished, ready-made document to your browser in the form of a PDF.
+Regardless of which output option that you select from the **Report Dialog** (other than the [[PergamonMystic:linkedhelp:report_to_screen|Report to Screen]], which sends columnar output to a basic, on-screen display), Mystic produces a PDF file which is stored initially on the server. If you chose for immediate download, your browser will download the PDF file and save it in the standard downloads folder of your workstation. From here you can load the file into a variety of PDF viewers and print the document if required.
+If instead you chose to view the PDF report on screen (the PDF, as opposed to the **Report To Screen** option), the PDF is immediately loaded and displayed //within// the browser. From here you can choose to save the PDF to your workstation, save the PDF in the Mystic reports archive for your library, or alternately print the report directly to the printer (which is controlled by your //Browser//, not Mystic).
+**Note:** Because the in-browser PDF viewer is being provided by your browser (by itself) or in conjunction with other specialised PDF viewers installed on your workstation, it is possible that the viewer also provides a range of additional features which can not be reliably discussed here. To see if such features are available:
+  * click the PDF display using the **right mouse button** to display any context sensitive menu which might be available to you
+  * move your mouse to the lower-central portion of the PDF display, or to the very top strip - some PDF viewers display a menu when the mouse enters these areas
+Neither of these displays of additional features are under the control of the Mystic application.
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