# PrintPreview Dialog

Learn about PrintPreview dialog in PrintDocument from this WinForms documentation helpfile.

## Content



By using **PrintPreview Dialog**, you can preview how the PrintDocument will appear when printed. The PrintPreview Dialog allows zooming and navigating through the pages via the toolbar.

![A moving image of using PrintPreview Dialog](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/6772f728-508e-4e80-9394-208f07d64beb/images/preview-dialog-snapshot.gif)

The user interface of **PrintPreviewDialog** is built on top of Preview Pane, Text Search Tool, Outline Pane and Thumbnail pane.

The code snippet below shows how you can preview a document prior to printing using the PrintPreview Dialog component.

```csharp
previewDialog.Document = this.c1PrintDocument1;
previewDialog.ShowDialog()
```