On Thursday 04 Jul 2002 2:37 pm, you wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > When reading a long document like Mandrake's recent answer to United > > Linux I prefer to print it out. With some sites I have found that it is > > more readable if I print from Mozilla rather than Konq, but I suspect > > that it depends upon the length of line being used in the web page. > > > > So here I am with a document printed out in, I would think, about 6 point > > font - almost unreadable. Does anyone know of a workround for this? Of > > course I don't really need the side-bars, so the ability to print just > > the centre section would be find. I used to use Print Frame in Wins to > > get round problems like this, but maybe this is not an option because > > people use frames less? > > Various alternatives: > > 1. Edit the HTML source. > Somewhere you'll find something that sets the base font size (either > in the body or in the style section in the head). Change the size to > whatever you want. Incidentally, absolute font sizes are a key factor in > bad web design - you should always let the browser determine the base > font size and set your own sizes relative to that. > > 2. Over-ride the source. > As was pointed out, you can get Netscape/Mozilla to set a minimum font > size. If you have other preferences, you can make your own stylesheet > to over-ride any features you don't like. See > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2000/07/21/magazine/css_anarchist.h >tml for some fun ideas. > > 3. Import into something else. > Alternatives in decreasing order of ease and increasing order of print > niceness: > > - Netscape/Mozilla Composer > - OpenOffice > - LyX (you'll need to install html2latex for this). > > Sir Robin
Thanks for both your replies. I'll try out all suggestions Anne
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