Printing Options within the IE 7 Environment

Internet Explorer 7 has a variety of options for printing web pages. For basic printing information, refer to Printing Web Pages.

This document describes the following:

• Printing Only the Current Page
• Printing Only Selected Text
• Printing Frames
• Printing Linked Pages
• Changing Page Orientation
• Changing Page Scale

Printing Only the Current Page    

You may want to print only one page from a web site that would normally print multiple pages. Following these instructions, you can locate the information you want using Print Preview and print only that page.

1. Navigate to the web page you would like to print

2. From the Command toolbar, click thenext to PRINT » select Print Preview...
   The Print Preview window appears.

3. Using the NEXT PAGEand PREVIOUS PAGEbuttons, navigate to the page you want to print

4. Click PRINT
   The Print dialog box appears.

5. In the General tab, within the Page Range section, select Current Page

6. In the Select Printer section, verify the printer selection

7. In the Number of copies section, select the appropriate number of copies

8. Click PRINT
   The current page prints.

Printing Only Selected Text

Printing only the selected text can be very useful when a specific portion of the web page needs to be printed.

1. Navigate to the web page you would like to print

2. Select the text and/or graphics you would like to print

3. Access the Print dialog box

4. In the General tab, within the Page Range section, select Selection

5. In the Select Printer section, verify the printer selection

6. In the Number of copies section, select the appropriate number of copies

7. Click PRINT
   The selection is printed.

Printing Frames

When printing a web page with frames, you can print all the frames as they appear on the screen, only the selected frame, or each frame separately. 

NOTE: Frames are used in web sites where different parts of the page are created as separate web pages. Generally, sites containing frames allow you to scroll through different parts of the page independently (e.g., you can scroll through the content of a page while the navigation bar stays fixed).

1. Navigate to the web page that you would like to print

2. Click within the frame that you want to print

3. Access the Print dialog box

4. Select the Options tab

5. From the Print Frames section, select the appropriate option
   

As laid out on screen
Prints the web page as it appears on the screen, including all frames

Only the selected frame
Prints only the frame that you last clicked within; this is the default option when working with frames

All frames individually
Prints each frame that appears within the web page on its own page

6. Select the General tab

7. In the Select Printer section, verify the printer selection

8. In the Number of copies section, select the appropriate number of copies

9. Click PRINT 

Printing Linked Pages

You have the option to print all the documents linked from the web site and/or a table of links. This is a quick and easy way to print all the documents in a comprehensive web site.

1. Navigate to the web page that you would like to print

2. Access the Print dialog box

3. Select the Options tab
   

4. OPTIONAL: Select Print all linked documents or Print table of links

5. Select the General tab

6. In the Select Printer section, verify the printer selection

7. In the Number of copies section, select the appropriate number of copies

8. Click PRINT

Changing Page Orientation

Printing in landscape orientation is useful when the web site is wider than a sheet of paper, which is typically also the width of a maximized browser window. If you need to scroll horizontally to see important information, printing in landscape orientation may be beneficial.

NOTE: Changes to the page orientation setting remain in effect until you change them again or end your Internet Explorer session.

Changing Page Orientation: Print Preview Option

1. Navigate to the web page that you would like to print

2. From the Command toolbar, click theon the PRINT button » select Print Preview ...
   The Page Setup dialog box appears.

3. On the Print Preview toolbar, click LANDSCAPE or PORTRAIT
   The printing orientation is changed.

Changing Page Orientation: Print Dialog Box

The location of this setting within the Print dialog box may vary depending on your computer and printer set up.

1. Navigate to the web page that you would like to print

2. Access the Print dialog box

3. Click PREFERENCES
   The Printing Preferences dialog box appears.

4. Select the Basics tab

5. From the Orientation section, select Landscape
   OR
   Select Portrait

6. Click OK
   The printing orientation is changed, and you are returned to the Print dialog box.

Changing Page Scale

Previous versions of Internet Explorer would often print web pages at exact size, which may cause you to use more paper than necessary. To prevent this problem, Internet Explorer 7 has introduced automatic page scaling. When printing a web page, Internet Explorer will automatically shrink the appearance of the page so that it will fit on as few pages as possible.

1. Open Internet Explorer to the page you would like to print

2. From the Command toolbar, click the PRINT arrow» select Print Preview...
   The Print Preview window appears.

3. From the Change Print Size pull-down list, select the desired size
   HINT: The numbers listed are percentages of the actual size of the page.
   OR
   To select a custom size
   1. From the Change Print Size pull-down list, select Custom

   2. In the Custom Size text box, type the desired size

4. To view more pages at once, from the Show multiple pages pull-down list, select the desired number of pages.

This document is based on and developed from information published in the LTS Online Help Collection (www.uwec.edu/help) developed by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and copyrighted by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Used by permission.