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.html 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 -- "So I repeat myself? I am great, I contain tautologies." Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent �niversitesi Ankara Turkey http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin
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