Printing FlyBase pages


	We realize that many people like to print out the information provided by FlyBase, however some of the current browsers do not render the new FlyBase pages particularly well. If you routinely print out a significant amount of information from FlyBase we recommend that you use Opera as your browser. While many other browsers will print the information included in a report, at this time only Opera will print the page format properly (including colors and shading). If your work requires that you print the page exactly as it appears on your monitor and you do not wish to install Opera, we suggest that you print a screen shot of the page. Instructions on how to take a screen shot on different platforms are given below. PC Open the application "Microsoft Word" Click on the web browser and arrange the information you would like to print within the window Press the key combination "Alt-PrintScreen" Click on the "Microsoft Word" window to activate it and press the key combination "Ctrl-V" to paste the image into the window Press the key combination "Ctrl-P" to enter the print dialog of the application. Under the Zoom section of the dialog box set the "Scale to paper size" option to the size of the paper used in your printer, then press "OK". Macintosh Method One Open the application "Grab" in the "Utilities" folder. From the Capture menu select "Window" (or press the key combination "Shift-Command-W") Select "Choose Window", and click on the browser window you wish to capture. A image of the browser will appear in a new window. To print the image click on "Page Setup.." under the File menu and set "Scale" as 50%, press "OK", and then enter the print dialog by pressing the key combination "Command-P" Method Two Open the application "Preview" Press the key combination "Control-Command-Shift-4", then press the space bar. Move the pointer over the browser window so that it is highlighted, then click. (NB: You can cancel the operation by pressing the escape key) Activate Preview by clicking on its icon Press the key combination "Command-N" to create an image of the web browser. Press the key combination "Command-P" to enter the print dialog (In this case the page is scaled to fit the page by default) Method Three If you use Safari consider installing the free program Netfixer that allows you to capture an image of an entire webpage no matter its length.

We realize that many people like to print out the information provided by FlyBase, however some of the current browsers do not render the new FlyBase pages particularly well. If you routinely print out a significant amount of information from FlyBase we recommend that you use Opera as your browser. While many other browsers will print the information included in a report, at this time only Opera will print the page format properly (including colors and shading).

If your work requires that you print the page exactly as it appears on your monitor and you do not wish to install Opera, we suggest that you print a screen shot of the page. Instructions on how to take a screen shot on different platforms are given below.

PC

Open the application "Microsoft Word"
Click on the web browser and arrange the information you would like to print within the window
Press the key combination "Alt-PrintScreen"
Click on the "Microsoft Word" window to activate it and press the key combination "Ctrl-V" to paste the image into the window
Press the key combination "Ctrl-P" to enter the print dialog of the application. Under the Zoom section of the dialog box set the "Scale to paper size" option to the size of the paper used in your printer, then press "OK".

Macintosh

Method One

Open the application "Grab" in the "Utilities" folder.
From the Capture menu select "Window" (or press the key combination "Shift-Command-W")
Select "Choose Window", and click on the browser window you wish to capture.
A image of the browser will appear in a new window.
To print the image click on "Page Setup.." under the File menu and set "Scale" as 50%, press "OK", and then enter the print dialog by pressing the key combination "Command-P"

Method Two

Open the application "Preview"
Press the key combination "Control-Command-Shift-4", then press the space bar.
Move the pointer over the browser window so that it is highlighted, then click.
(NB: You can cancel the operation by pressing the escape key)
Activate Preview by clicking on its icon
Press the key combination "Command-N" to create an image of the web browser.
Press the key combination "Command-P" to enter the print dialog
(In this case the page is scaled to fit the page by default)

Method Three

If you use Safari consider installing the free program Netfixer that allows you to capture an image of an entire webpage no matter its length.