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Printing Webpages

When you print a Web page, you can print the page as you see it on the screen, or you can print selected parts of it, such as a frame. In addition, you can specify that you want to print additional information in the headers and footers, such as the window title, page address, date, time, and page numbers.

To print the contents of the current window

  1. On the File menu, click Print.
  2. Set the printing options you want.

To print the contents of a frame

  1. Right-click in the frame.
  2. On the menu that appears, click Print.
  3. Set the printing options you want.

To change how a page looks when it prints

  1. On the File menu, click Page Setup.
  2. In the Margins boxes, type the margin measurements in inches.
  3. In the Orientation area, select either Portrait or Landscape to specify whether you want the page printed vertically or horizontally.
  4. Click Headers.

Header and Footer Variables

In each Headers and Footers box, specify the information to be printed by using the following variables. Variables can be combined with text (for example, Page &p of &P)
To Do This Type This
To print Window title &w
To print Page address (URL) &u
To print Date in short format (as specified by Regional Settings in Control Panel) &d
To print Date in long format (as specified by Regional Settings in Control Panel) &D
To print Time in the format specified by Regional Settings in Control Panel &t
To print Time in 24-hour format &T
To print Current page number &p
To print Total number of pages &P
To print Centered text (following &b) &b
To print Right-aligned text (following &b&b) &b&b
To print A single ampersand (&) &&
circle with info bubble in it Note: If you want to set margins in centimeters instead of inches, you must change the Regional Settings in Control Panel.
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