Fine Tune Your Printing Choices

So, you're in need of a hard copy, but you don't need the entire file? Maybe you just need a page or maybe even just a section or two?

Here is how you can print just what you want.

Go to the Print dialog box, as usual (File menu/Office Button, Print choice or Ctrl + P).In the Page Range section, you'll find a few choices.Below that, you'll find the Pages option. This is where all the printing flexibility comes in.

To print whole pages, you can request them by page number.

Type in: 2 will print only page two of the document.

Type in: 2, 5 will print only pages two and five of the document.

Type in: 3-8 will print only pages three through eight of the document.

Okay, so you get the idea with whole pages, but here's a quick bonus.
By entering page numbers in reverse order, such as 7-2, you will them to print in reverse order.

Want to print just a part of a page?

One way to do it is to copy the text you want and paste it into Word, then print the document - but there's an easier way.

1.Highlight the specific text (or image) you want to print.

2.Press CTRL + P or click File | Print.

3.In the Print Range dialog, click the option button for "Selection" ("All" is the default).

4.Click OK.

What are .pdf files?

If you've been using the internet for any amount of time, you've probably run across pdf files before, amybe not even known they are called pdf files! They're Adobe Acrobat files.

Normally, you download them and use Adobe Acrobat Reader to read them. You can get Adobe Acrobat Reader for free at Adobe's web site:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html (Make sure you un-check the "McAfee Security Scan Plus" check-box if you don't want the tagalong software).

People use PDF files for everything. The most common use seems to be documents (both interactive and regular), but I've also seen PDF files used for maps, catalogs, presentations, and even e-books. Additionally, I've seen it used for non-web applications as well, including stuff like software help files.