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Shu Fai CHEUNG - 25 Aug 2004 03:05 GMT

I tried the web to could not find the solution. (I tried words like "print
webpage, margin, problem, internet explorer".) When printing a webpage in
IE, I found that frequently part of the right side was "printed" beyond the
margin, i.e., not printed. I tried to resize the window but nothing
changed. It seems that the printout is independent of the window size. This
is very annoying, and sometime I have to copy the content to word for
printing. Sometime I can also print in landscape, but the layout will be
very odd.

Is there any reliable way to print a webpage with all content fitted to the
page size? I understand that this does not happen all the times, and some
webpages do not have this problem. However, this problem occur to me for
many webpages from different websites that I visited.

Thanks a lot.

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Unknown - 25 Aug 2004 21:52 GMT

In IE, click file and then print setup. Adjust your margins there.

> I tried the web to could not find the solution. (I tried words like "print
> webpage, margin, problem, internet explorer".) When printing a webpage in
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Shu Fai CHEUNG - 26 Aug 2004 03:57 GMT

Thanks a lot.

However, it can't solve the problem. I found that many webpages have
their layout fixed and would not change with window size. They look OK
when viewed in 1024x768. However, when I print them, around one-thrid of
the right cannot be printed, even if I set all margins to small values or
even to zero's. Perhaps many webpage designer sacrifice "print-friendly"
for "screen-friendly".

Is there any program that can "shrink" a webpage before printing it? It
would be great if it is an IE plug-in. I think printer drivers will not
solve the problem, because IE may chop the page before sending it to the
printer drivers.

Regards,

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> In IE, click file and then print setup. Adjust your margins there.
>> I tried the web to could not find the solution. (I tried words like
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jopa66 - 26 Aug 2004 04:48 GMT

Some sites are nice enough to provide links to "printer friendly" pages. I
don't think that the percentage is very high, however. I have found the
easiest way to copy a page into Word is:
* have a blank Word Doc open.
* highlight the Webpage (or part of it)
* drag the highlighted text to the Word button on the taskbar
* just hold it there for a second - Word will open and you can drop it into
the window.

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Unknown - 26 Aug 2004 15:14 GMT

When the pages are that wide switch to landscape mode from portrait and it
will fit on the page.

> Thanks a lot.
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