Tip #642 - Web Page Printing: Date, Time, URL, etc.
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Do you like to print out
web pages? If so, do you become annoyed at all the header and footer information
that gets printed on each and every page? You know, the web address, title,
date, mother's maiden name, etc? Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Netscape 7.2
all let you do this.
Well, with Internet
Explorer, you can get that adjusted right out of there, or customize
it. Here's how:
1. Click the File menu,
Page Setup.
2. Find the "Headers
& Footers" area and remove all the gibberish in the respective
fields. Hit OK and there you have it.
Before:
After:
Now that will keep the computer
from printing out all of your header and footer info, but what if you want some
of it? Well, you can do that too, using the parameters below in the header and
footer fields:
&w Window title
&u Page address
(URL)
&d Date in short
format as specified by Regional Settings in Control Panel
&D Date in long
format as specified by Regional Settings in Control Panel
&t Time in the
format specified by Regional Settings in Control Panel
&T Time in 24-hour
format
&p Current page
number
&P Total number
of pages
&& A single
ampersand (&)
&b The text immediately
following these characters as centered.
&b&b The
text immediately following the first "&b" as centered, and the
text following the second "&b" as right-justified.
For example, if you want
the header to have the window (page) title and the URL, you would type:
&w &u
If you wanted to make it
so it also specified you were the one who printed it, you could put something
like:
&w &u Printed
by Steve on &d
The only thing you need
to keep an eye on is the spacing. To get a single space between items (like
&w&u) you need to hit the space bar twice. Experiment and you'll get
it.
In Firefox
and Netscape 7.2 you go to File/Page Setup
then click the "Margins & Header/Footer" tab. No secret codes
needed here like in IE. Just use the drop-down menus to select what information
you want left, center, or right.
Let's say I want the title
and URL in the header along with page number and Date/Time in the footer. Here's
how it would look...
If I want the field blank,
I choose "--blank--". If I want to add my own text I choose "Custom"
and a box pops up for my text.
When you're done just click
OK.
So, whatever your browser
you can add as much or as little info in the header and footer as you want.
~ Steve
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