Web Page Printing

Do you want to print out internet pages? If so, do you become annoyed at all the header and footer information that gets printed on each and every page? You know, the internet address, title, date, mothers maiden name, etc? Internet Explorer, Fire fox, as well as Netscape 7.2 all let you do this.

Well, with Internet Explorer, you can get that adjusted right out of there, or customize it. Heres how:

1. Click the File menu, Page Setup.

2. Find the "Headers and Footers" area and remove all the gibberish in the respective fields. Hit OK and there you have it.

Before:

After:

Now that will keep the computer from printing out all of your header and footer info, but what if you want some of it? Well, you can do that too, using the parameters below in the header and footer fields:

&w Window title

&u Page address (URL)

&d Date in short format as specified through Regional Settings in Control Panel

&D Date in lengthy format as specified through Regional Settings in Control Panel

&t Time in the format specified through Regional Settings in Control Panel

&T Time in 24-hour format

&p Current page number

&P Total number of pages

&& A single ampersand (&)

&b The text immediately following these characters as centered.

&b&b The text immediately following the first "&b" as centered, as well as the text following the second "&b" as right-justified.

For example, if you want the header to have the window (page) title and the URL, you would type:

&w &u

If you wanted to make it so it also specified you were the one who printed it, you could put something like:

&w &u Printed through Steve on &d

The only thing you must keep an eye on is the spacing. To get a single space between items (like &w&u) you must hit the space bar twice. Experiment and youll get it.

In Firefox and Netscape 7.2 you go to File/Page Setup then click the "Margins and Header/Footer" tab. No secret codes needed here such as in IE. Just use the drop-down menus to select what information you want left, center, or right.

Lets say I want the title and URL in the header along with page number and Date/Time in the footer. Heres how it would look...

If I want the field blank, I choose "--blank--". If I want to add my own text I choose "Custom" and a box pops up for my text.

When youre done just click OK.

So, whatever your browser you can add as much or as little info in the header and footer as you want.