HOW TO CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF YOUR PRINTOUT--
Ways to Change the Appearance of Your Printout
There are two aspects to consider here: firstly, you can change your print list to reflect what you want printed; and secondly, you can change the characteristics and appearance of your printout.
You can change your print list by:
- Ticking and unticking listed items. Ticked items are included in the printout; unticked ones are ignored.
- Rearranging items by dragging-and-dropping. Multiple items can be selected and moved simultaneously by using the Shift and Ctrl keys (following Windows conventions).
- Deleting items from the print list by selecting them and using the Delete key. This is useful for removing clutter from the list.
You change the characteristics and appearance of your printed WebRecord output by:
- Enabling or disabling the Contents command on the Options menu. If this option is enabled (ticked), a table of contents is included at the start of each printout, listing the titles of web locations included in the printout, and the WebRecord page number on which they start.
- Enabling or disabling the References command on the Options menu. If this option is enabled, hyperlinks within the printed Web locations are annotated with WebRecord page numbers or bibliography references as appropriate (page numbers are prefixed by a p). A bibliography or list of external references is included at the end of the printout under the title: References.
- Changing the paper size or page orientation via Page Setup on the File menu. Each time you start WebRecord, the paper size and page orientation default to the settings of your default printer. You might therefore want to make changes to your page and print setup before printing.
- Changing the number of columns per page by choosing Settings from the Options menu and entering the required number on the Appearance tab. You can set a suitable default value for both portrait and landscape pages; WebRecord automatically chooses the appropriate default, depending on your current page setup.
- Changing the base font size by choosing Settings from the Options menu and entering the required size on the Appearance tab. This field gives you a measure of control of text size. The base font is a nominal size, relative to the printout of a normal, single-column page. The actual size of text will vary, because it is relative to other settings on the Web page.
- Changing the background of your printout from sand-colored to white, by choosing Settings from the Options menu then selecting No background color from the Print style drop-down list on the Appearance tab.
Full-feature or simplified printout?
You can choose between a full-feature (normal) printout, with or without a sand-colored background, or a simplified printout. If you want a simplified printout, choose Settings from the Options menu, then select the Simplified option from the Print style drop-down list on the Appearance tab.
A simplified print:
- is faster and uses less ink than a full-feature print, and
- does not include background textures and colors.
Given these limitations, simplified printing is a better choice for PostScript printers, which can be very slow when dealing with high volumes of bitmap data. The normal print mode is recommended for color bubble jet and ink jet printers. (See: Printing WebRecord pages).