Is there a way for me as the GM to look at the game from  one of the players viewpoint??

There isn't ... but it has been suggested as a desirable feature a few times over the years over in RPoL Development:

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Bear in mind jase has a rather large list of desirable features that have been requested.  ;>

Wouldn't you be able to accomplish this by logging out of RPoL and then searching for your game?  Seems to me this would give you a view that might be something close to a player's view ... unless you have folks in your game divided into different groups.

What I would like, as a *player*, is to view a post (preview) I created as the recipient would.  To make sure that formatting was clean with embedded private sections.

y ou have   'Private Lines' that may be inserted to  characters..and only they and the GM can read them.

you can, for everything except...


... for this.  This is the only thing you just have to trust is working correctly.  This and the Language Groups.  Language Groups and Private Lines... the two things you have to trust are Language Groups and Private Lines... and sizing.  The three things you have to trust are Private Lines, Language Groups, Font Effects... and Portrait Submissions... the four... no.. amongst the things... that are left to trust... are such elements as Private Lines, Language Groups...  I'll come in again.

Right.  But that is mixed in with other public information and potentially private lines to other people.  I would like to see what the final result is for each different viewer: GM, specific player(s) in PM(s), everybody else.  It's the OCD kicking in.  Want to make sure it looks (flows) right for each reader.

that's a good idea. But I have  found, that  the  substance/story/interaction is what is important.

 I have seen game that  had   4 or  5 long posts with the   GM  stating   "how you will post"... I just walk away. I spent my Time in Lt class..don't need to  do it now.

Like I said.  OCD.  It's all in the details. :)

Security however isn't a detail.

Allowing someone to "view as a player" is either very close to allow the GM to "log as the player" at least in the current game, or a completely new functionality a bit too complex to implement for what it allows (or at least to have it at any other priority than very low).

Not view as player in general.  View as player only for the post currently being created, which make the viewer the owner.  Full edit access.  Should not be any security concerns in that context, since can see everything there anyway.  Just want to be able to turn off things that a selected person would not see when they view it.

It may not be easy/simple, but trying to make sure that the scope of is being actually suggested is being understood correctly.  This has nothing to with logging in as, or pretending to be a different player.  Just want to see the post being created the same way that the recipient would.  With any private line blocks applied.  Or spoiler, or font, or size, or …  Preview does most of that, but not the private lines.