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Print Only Selected Text From Web Pages

When surfing the internet you undoubtedly will come across great information you want to print out. When printing from the internet you don't have to waste paper and ink printing out the entire site page with images and advertisements. Just print out the information you want.

Highlight the specific information you want to print out with your mouse:

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Now hit "CTRL+P" to launch the print menu, or File \ Print from the menu.

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In this window "All" is selected by default. Change it by checking "Selection" then OK.

This will only print out the text you have highlighted and will work for specific images also. Just highlight the image and use the same process.

This should work in Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Mysticgeek is the resident IT expert at How-To Geek and a huge rock music fan. When he's not writing about Microsoft Office, he's probably writing at his personal blog. This article was written on 04/14/07 and tagged with: Uncategorized, Windows, Firefox, Firefox & Internet

Comments (10)

  1. The Geek

    I've looked at that print dialog hundreds of times, and just never realized you could do that.

    Thanks for the tip!

  2. tapio

    This method does not print the input fields that are in a form. How to print the text in the input fields also together with other text in Windows Firefox without printing the whole web page?

  3. mysticgeek

    tapio,

    Just move your mouse to that the text and the input fields are highlighted and follow the steps. You can also copy and paste what you want into a Word document.

  4. tom

    Thank you , Most helpful

  5. Dude

    This does not appear work in outlook 2007 ……… any suggestions????

  6. Srinivas

    In My firefox browser Selection option is disabled,How to enable that one?

  7. Elaine

    Thank you very much for that tip!

  8. Sarah

    I too have looked at the Print dialog for years and have never seen that option. It's amazing how that can happen.

    Thank you for a much needed tip!

  9. mysticgeek

    @ Sarah You have very welcome! Trust me … you are not the only one who looks at the dialog boxes and not notice something. I probably do that 2-3x a day! :-)

  10. Marie

    Great tip, thought I would need to download a program!


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