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Computer question????Submitted by AdamAnt on 13 September, 2006 - 12:48.
I sit in front of a computer for many hours a day and week and have a question I should probably already know the answer to. I print out alot of the useful, and sometimes not so useful but funny information and take it home to a file to help solidify future plans. If I print preview and it won't fit on the page, usually runs off to the right side, is there anything I can do to adjust? I know this isn't CompUSA but I was hoping CompNICA could help. Thanx ( categories: )
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running off on the right
Don't print it out. File everything on the computer. I make whatever folders I want in "MS One Note" and file anything worth saving.
I used to keep the program and the data files on an small external drive and run it off either the desktop or the laptop. Now I have the program on both computers and just syncronise the data files to the laptop if I am going to take it out of the house.
If you insist on printing everything out there are lots of answers to your problem but probably the easiest is just set the letters per line setting to a smaller number.
Name change
Alan, I move to change Jack Davies' screen name to "Paperless Jack".
In a separate motion, I move to change Pete's to "King Solomon".
I tried that once
In Ecuador (maybe this has changed recently) they supply toilet paper sometimes, but their toilet paper doesn't sink because you are not supposed to throw it in the toilet. I guess they don't like to see it floating down the creeks. You never flush your used toilet paper you place it in a cardboard box beside the toilet. It was that way even in a brand new public library. This library had no unused paper but luckily a 20 nuevo sol was only worth ~US$6. That reminds me of a joke and another story. Another time.
Lessons
Didn't we learn anything?
Uh . . .
No. I went to government schools.
Quick Fix
Buy a wider printer and a narrow computer
Web pages?
If you are talking about web pages - use Firefox. It seems to print perfectly for me.
Details
What browser, operating system, resolution etc?
is there some way . . .
is there some way . . . to have the centre pane, where the current content is . . . print as a "Print Frame" ? I don't see that option but, it'd be great if it could.
Yes,
that would be ideal. Sometimes it is and sometimes it runs off the right of the page. I guess it depends on who's posting??
i bet you are using code?
right? you are talking about john? "Sometimes it is and sometimes it runs off the right of the page. I guess it depends on who's posting??"
I think he is
No one seems interested in printing the stuff that runs off the left side of the page. Kind of like no one listens to the bankrupt Air America either. Jeez, can't I write ANYTHING without it being political???
Duh
I guess it was rather idiotic to say it was going off the right side.
flush right ; ) I guess . . .
flush right ; ) I guess . . . or is it left-aligned ; ) juxtapose for just one minute ; )
Not at all
It was a perfect setup.
I was born right handed,
so what does that make me? I do drink with my left hand sometimes though.
one hand at a time ; )
one hand at a time ; ) lack of ambition ; )
culprit
Usually due to just posting long links, which can be solved by embedding same...
http://www.nicaliving.com/node/3372
Using tinyurl.com also works well...
tinyurl.com?
I really don't like the use of tinyurl.com.
I like the "NicaLiving" embedded link which can be customized with info about the link such as the example below.
Click for More Taco Recipes
tinyurl.com example of same link below.
http://tinyurl.com/z8p2z
Miskito Alan ®
MA on tinyURL
You won't like this one any better Alan: http://snurl.com
Actually the only thing wrong with them is that you can't identify the Site until you have clicked on the URL which can be slightly hazardous on a forum if we had an unscrupulous member.
Agreed but...
I agree embedded links are much better but, for some users, the html code is just too intimidating. Copying and pasting they can handle, thus the proliferation of 4-axe-handle wide links. Tiny url at least allows them to use their preferred copy/paste method without having to learn a bit of html coding and saving us the display misery of long (long long long) links...
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"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion; he is not entitled to his own facts." ~~ Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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another possible work around
If John's excellent tip to scale the page doesn't work, you might want to invest in Adobe Acrobat Professional -- it seems to scale wider pages automatically to fit. Plus you can add your own comments and do some pretty sophisticated doc management with it. I cannot live with this program...
YMMV
All better....
John's idea worked for what I was trying to print. Thank you all for the help. John Gates took care of this one.
That's a common problem
The short answer is no. Try going into the print properties and click scale to fit. It may or may not work.
The "easy" solution is to copy/paste the text to your favorite word processing program, and print it there.
If that doesn't work, buy a wider printer :-)
Landscape
Well there you see, there is something John and I agree on. Scale to fit is the best answer. For those problem pages, you could also print it in landscape as opposted to portrait orientation.
Landscape
I've had mixed results with landscape format, but if the combo of OS, browser, and printer drivers work, then you're home free.
Acrobat pro is US$400, and I can't live without it either. I've heard there are freeware programs that convert stuff to pdf, if anyone can find them and share them with us, it would be helpful.
PDF Freeware
One that I use on my personal PC is:
CutePDF
Another is Easy PDF
Both are for Windows, I am sure FYL knows of free Linux pdf tools.
Free linux stuff
OpenOffice word processing software and their spreadsheet come with PDF writer built in.
Thanks John,
I'll give it a shot. It's at work so this printer will have to do, I'm not forking out anything for improvements.
Good luck
I'm in front of a computer from dawn till bedtime. I feel your pain.
I'll take this over . . .
I'll take this over . . . a soul destroying assemblyline or anything to do with customer service ; )