Selective Printing

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Every day I get email asking how to print just part of a web page or e-mail. With this much demand, I just have to show ya how it's done!

First, you need to know that this does not work with every system out there . This tip only works if both your printer driver and the software application you're using supports this little trick. So, take this for what it's worth.

Here's how it usually works:

1. First, select the area you would like to print.

2. Next, from the file menu , select Print...

3. When the printer dialog box comes up, look for an option for " Selection ", in a " Print Range " frame. Again, not all printers / software support this.

4. Click Print.

Oh, one more thing. If you can't print a selection, you can always copy and paste the stuff you want into a word processor and print it from there. Sure, it's not nearly as much fun, but it's better than printing out eight pages of junk just to get a small section of text.

~ Steve

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#1 : selective printing Click to expand / collapse: Also, you can highlight selected text, right-click and choose print preview. Then click on the dropdown by "as laid out on page" and choose "as selected on page" and adjust the size so it fills the page to be printed. This works fine on both XP and Vista and makes sometimes small print easier to see. Thank you Written By: Gina Gipson
#2 : selective printing Click to expand / collapse: In Vista-the snip-it tool enables you to mark the area you want to print. Simple and fast to use. Written By: Anonymous

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