[NE1956WS]

Hello Sgt Bob,



You will find TextEdit in your Applications folder.

If you open a .txt or .rtf file (among others) TextEdit may open automatically unless those file types are opened by MS Word by default.

Hope that helps ya out.

[NE1956WS]

I've been playing around with all the print options in Safari. There is NO way to easily select text and then print only that text. I sent a feedback note to Apple to ask for the feature.
As I said earlier today, I do this in Firefox. I've also been doing this in IE (when I'm in the PC world) for centuries. Or a few years anyway.

[macmancape]

Try this, a tip from an earlier MacWorld:
1) Highlight desired text on webpage.
2) Drag highlighted text onto icon for Text Edit in Dock.
3) Print Text Edit doc.
Same procedure works if you drag highlighted text onto Mail icon in Dock. Creates a new piece of mail with your text in it; just address it and send!
-Dave

[iMBPro]

thanks macmancape. TextEdit works fine except when I want to print as it is on the web. The font size, the layout, the photos, .....

[macmancape]

My solution to printing a webpage the way it's laid out on the page is just to create a PDF of it. You get it all, that way. Of course, you also cannot edit the text.
I hope someone at Apple will take note of this article and related postings and add the "Print Selected Text" to the basic OS next time around. If Windows can do it, Macs surely can, too...and without any add-ons!

[sgtbob]

Thanks - I guess that the old adage 'when all else fails - RTFM' applies in my case. I do appreciate the help.

Bob

[ultiweb]

How about just Command+P and then select the Selected Text radio button on the left hand side of the dialog. That doesn't cost $15 and is available in most every application, printing to my HP printer. Maybe it's driver specific I don't know but I also have the option on other printers.

[NE1956WS]

I run Firefox, Safari, NeoOffice, Bean (a better TextEdit), iCal, Pages, Numbers, Thunderbird and Mail every day. I too have an HP printer [Deskjet 6800-series]. The only app I can print selected text in is Firefox. The dialog box for all the other apps is identical to each other, and none of them has a 'print selection' radio button.

Now, on the PC side of my bootcamped iMac, I can do that with every app on the planet.

[eveningclouds1]

I use Camino. In the printing dialog box, among the drop down menus is a tab named Camino. There I can choose to print selected text, and other options like print backgrounds. Microsoft Word has a similar arrangement; the menu for determining print parameters is among the other drop down menus for selecting layout, color, paper handling, etc.

But, ignoring the topic drift and going back to the original post, if we had Net-print none of this would be necessary.

[imalex]

eveningclouds1 said:

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But, ignoring the topic drift and going back to the original post, if we had Net-print none of this would be necessary.

I used Net-Print up to OS 9.2 and have been looking for a replacement ever since. <sigh>


This iPrint, or even the more "fully featured" WebPrint doesn't even come close to what Net-Print was able to do. I'd pay what MacEase charges for WebPrint for something like Net-Print although it used to be free.


A.

[ultiweb]

I just checked Word, Flock, BBEdit and Safari. I could print the selection in all but Safari.