
Tip #1354 - Print the Whole Page
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Ever go to print a web page
or email only to have the right side chopped off? Many web designers are conscious
of the fact that some people will want hard copies of their web pages. For these
sites, you can just print in regular "portrait" mode. At other sites,
however, part of the text gets chopped off in regular page orientation. Before
you print anything it is a good idea to preview the page first. With Internet
Explorer just go to File / Print Preview.

There you can make sure
that everything will print correctly. If you see that part of the page will
be cut off, just click the "Page Setup" button (it
looks like a page with a gear on it) or use the keyboard shortcut Alt+U.
You can then change your page
layout to landscape. Your browser is, after all, in landscape format, so why
not go with the flow. Go down to where it says "Orientation" and click
the radio button next to "Landscape".

Click OK.
Print Preview will change
to show the new layout. Is everything there now? If for some strange reason
there is still stuff being cut off, you could go back to Page Setup and change
the paper size to legal, then send a nasty email to the webmaster of that site
telling them to re-take Web Design 101.
~ David
David Samuel Thomas
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