In Biblioscape, you can preview the content of the currently selected reference without opening it in the record editor. To toggle the preview pane, click menu command "View | Preview Pane | Hide".
Preview header displays the currently selected record's type, ID, when and who created it, when and who last modified it. You can toggle it on and off by going to "View | Preview | Preview Header".
You can choose to show the preview pane on the bottom or the right of the list pane by going to "View | Preview | Bottom" or "View | Preview | Right". By default the preview pane is shown below the list pane. If you have a high resolution monitor and the width over height ratio is 16:9 instead of the older 4:3, you may prefer to display the preview pane on the right. This allows more text to be shown in the preview pane, which is especially useful for the notes module.
Any text typed in the live preview pane will be saved to the database when you browse to another record. If you have a large screen, it is more convenient to make changes to a record than opening the record in a separate window.
Although you can make changes in the read only pane, the changes will not be saved. The read only pane is very useful for displaying records after a search, because search words are highlighted.
All linked records, web URLs, and files are shown in the links pane. You can open a linked record by double clicking. By clicking the right mouse button, you can chose to edit the links, remove selected links, or create more links.
This preview tab is only available in the references module. Under formatted preview, the record is formatted according to the current Output Style selected on the main toolbar. Although you can make changes to the formatted display, those changes won't be saved.
This preview tab is only available in the notes module. All data fields of a notes record are displayed. You can make changes, and the changes will be saved. In notes module, the Live Preview tab only displays the Notes field. All other fields are displayed under the All Fields tab.