html (printing problems...)

[x]

Hi,

I have a plain (Html)text page, but whenever I print out the html page
the text doesn't wrap on the printed copy. It just runs off the
page...

Anybody have an idea as to what I could do to have the text wrap when
its printing?

Thanks!

[Harlan Messinger]

Re: html (printing problems...)


"x" <aotemp@hotmail .com> wrote in message
news:26d721d9.0 405180726.7737d d76@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I have a plain (Html)text page, but whenever I print out the html page
> the text doesn't wrap on the printed copy. It just runs off the
> page...
>
> Anybody have an idea as to what I could do to have the text wrap when
> its printing?[/color]

For the benefit of those of us who aren't psychic, what are you using to
print this page?

[Darin McGrew]

Re: html (printing problems...)

x <aotemp@hotmail .com> wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a plain (Html)text page, but whenever I print out the html page
> the text doesn't wrap on the printed copy. It just runs off the
> page...
>
> Anybody have an idea as to what I could do to have the text wrap when
> its printing?[/color]

When I've seen this in the past, it's been caused by a fixed-width design
that didn't adapt gracefully to different sizes of display area. Such pages
often get cropped along the right edge when printed, and force horizontal
scrolling in smaller browser windows.

See http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/des...ml#screen-size
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[David Dorward]

Re: html (printing problems...)

x wrote:
[color=blue]
> I have a plain (Html)text page, but whenever I print out the html page
> the text doesn't wrap on the printed copy. It just runs off the
> page...[/color]

This is commonly caused by abusing tables for layout and creating a fixed
width design. As the table is wider then the paper, this is the effect you
get.

http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?Tableless_layouts

http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?AnySizeDesign

http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=PrintStylesheets

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