Day 61 - August 15 - Looking Good in Print

Some, several, a few, a bunch, more than you would think, have asked the question, "How do I print out a blog entry and all the comments? Whenever I try to print anything, I get the web page, and not all of the blog entry."

Well, friends, fret no more, because the miracle snake oil cure for printing problems is here. Yessir, all you have to do is look at the bottom of this here blog entry, and y'all will see a horizontal dashed line, followed by what looks like a link that says, "Print This Page". See what I mean?

OK, for you adventuresome few who have already clicked on the link, you see that it will open a dialog box that lets you print to your favorite printer, and it formats the blog page so it looks good while doing so.

(Note that this only applies for people viewing the blog on-line in a web browser. It does not matter to those getting Feedburner updates by email, because you can already print those, though without the comments.)

So it prints everything. Not a bad deal, if you want every blog entry on this page, and don't mind not getting the comments. If not, now what?

If you want the comments for a specific blog entry to print at the same time, you must first go to the sidebar, on the right, about half-way down, where it says "Previous Posts". Note that it lists all recent posts, including the current one. Click on the one you want, and it will open that blog entry and all the associated comments. If the post you want is not on the list, then you'll have to search through the archives just below.

Click on "Print This Page" and this time you'll get only the blog entry AND all its comments.

Isn't that extra special?

So there you are. One click away, and you're looking good in print.

Now if I can only get the blog authors to quit deleting the print commands, we'll be in good shape.

Brad

Michigan

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