CS3 author 'preview in browser'

[Rhenan]

My company recently upgrade all authors to Contribute CS3, from Contribute 3.
In the previous version I, as system admin, gave everyone a new ccmenus.xml
file that allowed authors (i.e. roles without Publishing permissions) to use
F12 to 'Preview in browser'. However, now that we have CS3 (i.e. v4.1), this no
longer works.

I need my authors to be able to preview their work BEFORE they send for
review, especially as the templates I created for them to use rely heavily on
scripted sections, meaning that what they see in 'edit mode' is nothing like
the end result once published.

How can I re-enable the F12 functionality for authors?

[ThinkInk]

The help of CS3 says:
Note: If the Contribute administrator assigned you to a role that cannot
publish, you cannot use the Preview in Browser feature.
To preview a page in your browser, do one of the following:
? Select File > Preview in Browser.
? Press the F12 key.

[ThinkInk]

I found the ccmenus.xml file in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Contribute
CS3\Configuration\Menus\.

This is the xml:
<menuitem name="P_review in Browser" platform="win" key="F12"
enabled="dw.getDocumentDOM() && dw.doesWorkflowAllowPublish() &&
CCWorkspaceManager.getManager(dw.getDocumentDOM()) &&
CCWorkspaceManager.getManager(dw.getDocumentDOM()) .canProcessEvent('browserPrevi
ew')"
command="CCWorkspaceManager.getManager(dw.getDocum entDOM()).processEvent('browse
rPreview')" id="DWMenu_File_BrowserPreview"/>

Maybe you can change this to:
<menuitem name="P_review in Browser" platform="win" key="F12"
enabled="dw.getDocumentDOM() &&
CCWorkspaceManager.getManager(dw.getDocumentDOM()) &&
CCWorkspaceManager.getManager(dw.getDocumentDOM()) .canProcessEvent('browserPrevi
ew')"
command="CCWorkspaceManager.getManager(dw.getDocum entDOM()).processEvent('browse
rPreview')" id="DWMenu_File_BrowserPreview"/>

[Rhenan]

I worked out the same thing about an hour after I posted the above. Thanks for confirming that for me, though.