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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / October 2006Safari Print Question
Suppose I select some text in a web page by running the cursor over it (in Safari). Is there a way to print the selected text without copying and pasting it into a word processor? Thanks... meerkat1 > Suppose I select some text in a web page by running the cursor over it > (in Safari). > > Is there a way to print the selected text without copying and pasting it > into a word processor? Why don't you want to copy and paste it into a word processor? Is it that you are intent upon having Safari do the printing? Hmm... Print the page, then use a scissors to cut away everything that wasn't selected. Or... In Safari, show the page's source. Copy that into a word processor. Remove what isn't the text you want, taking care to leave valid HTML. Save, and open that file with Safari. Print. Or is the problem that you don't like copying? Select the text, and choose Safari > Services > TextEdit > New Window Containing Selection. Now print. Or... Instead of copying and pasting, drag and drop. Or is the problem that you don't like word processors? Copy and paste into Excel, and print from there! That's not a word processor. m.  Signaturematt neuburg, phd = matt@tidbits.com, http://www.tidbits.com/matt/ Tiger - http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/tiger-customizing.html AppleScript - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102119 Read TidBITS! It's free and smart. http://www.tidbits.com > > Suppose I select some text in a web page by running the cursor over it > > (in Safari). [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Why don't you want to copy and paste it into a word processor? Is it > that you are intent upon having Safari do the printing? Why shouldn't you be able to print it directly from the browser? Other browsers (cough, Internet Explorer, probably FireFox, etc., cough) have a "Print Selection" or "Print Selected Text" feature. And have had one for years. Why should there have to be a half-assed workaround for such a basic feature? I'm certainly no PC zealot by any stretch of the imagination (I use my Mac Mini for all my personal computing needs at home and used to run BeOS before I got the Mini on my PC instead of Windows XP for most of my daily needs), but it's sad that such a BASIC feature isn't included in Safari, even though they have ALL THOSE OTHER PRINTING OPTIONS. Wake up Apple, it can't be that hard to code a Print Selection feature, can it? --komatos/wasted/su700fan (lurker to these groups since I got my Mini) P.S. The attitudes of some of the Mac users on these USENET newsgroups and messages boards is sad at times. Why should you feel you have to defend what is so OBVIOUSLY a missing feature to make yourself and Apple feel better for the design decisions they chose to make (some of which are not the best). It probably scares away potential new Mac users. P.P.S. I stand corrected. Even Internet Explorer 5.2 on the Mac doesn't offer this feature. Apparently it's a basic defect of the OSX Printing settings. I know it works on Windows and BeOS with their browsers (FireFox, I.E., Net+). > > > Suppose I select some text in a web page by running the cursor over it > > > (in Safari). [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > P.S. The attitudes of some of the Mac users on these USENET newsgroups > and messages boards is sad at times I just *knew* someone would come along and not see the humor. Okay, let me spell it out. It... was... a... joke! It was a pseudo-answer, like the joke about 20 ways to measure the height of a building (mis)using a barometer; I was deliberately giving all "solutions" I could think of except a real one. Okay? Yeesh. m. Signaturematt neuburg, phd = matt@tidbits.com, http://www.tidbits.com/matt/ Tiger - http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/tiger-customizing.html AppleScript - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102119 Read TidBITS! It's free and smart. http://www.tidbits.com > > > > Suppose I select some text in a web page by running the cursor over it > > > > (in Safari). [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > barometer; I was deliberately giving all "solutions" I could think of > except a real one. Okay? Yeesh. m. Sorry matt, you always seem to be cool, helpful poster normally. It's just that some other people (not many) across the Mac newsgroups do tend towards that way of answering. Sorry I misinterpreted your meaning. That happens in USENET alot with no physical gestures, etc. to read. I guess I don't always see the irony when it's in front of me. :-( --komatos/wasted/su700fan > Suppose I select some text in a web page by running the cursor over it > (in Safari). > > Is there a way to print the selected text without copying and pasting it > into a word processor? <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24202> SignatureMatt Broughton Only relatives are absolute. > > Suppose I select some text in a web page by running the cursor over it > > (in Safari). [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > > <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24202> Now we need "Copy as HTML" ... put HTML code into the clipboard, but not the whole page, just the selected portion... > > Suppose I select some text in a web page by running the cursor over it > > (in Safari). [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > > <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24202> I've just installed this, and I can confirm that it works in at least Safari and MacSOUP; although unfortunately it doesn't in FireFox. Why that should be, I can't imagine. OS X 10.4.8 and FF 1.5.0.7 Signature^Ï^ > > <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24202> > > I've just installed this, and I can confirm that it works in at least > Safari and MacSOUP; although unfortunately it doesn't in FireFox. > Why that should be, I can't imagine. OS X 10.4.8 and FF 1.5.0.7 Take a look in the print window next time you're in Firefox. Look under Firefox in the Copies & Pages pop up menu. Firefox has this feature built in so there is no need to use the Services menu add on. Matt SignatureMatt Broughton Only relatives are absolute. > > > <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24202> > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Firefox in the Copies & Pages pop up menu. Firefox has this feature > built in so there is no need to use the Services menu add on. So it does! I'd never seen that before, thanks Matt. Signature^Ï^ >>> <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24202> >> I've just installed this, and I can confirm that it works in at least [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Firefox in the Copies & Pages pop up menu. Firefox has this feature > built in so there is no need to use the Services menu add on. Yup .. I was able to choose print selection in Firefox. But I had not tried it before. Phil > > > Suppose I select some text in a web page by running the cursor over it > > > (in Safari). [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Safari and MacSOUP; although unfortunately it doesn't in FireFox. > Why that should be, I can't imagine. OS X 10.4.8 and FF 1.5.0.7 FireFox doesn't support Services. SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF > > > <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24202> > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > FireFox doesn't support Services. So I see, now that I look more closely; rather a glaring omission, I'd say. Signature^Ï^ >> Suppose I select some text in a web page by running the cursor over it >> (in Safari). [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> > <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24202> Not my question .. but really glad to have this new capability: Thanks, Matt! Phil > Suppose I select some text in a web page by running the cursor over it > (in Safari). [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > meerkat1 Thanks for the responses. Tom: Thanks for the link to versiontracker. That's just what I was after. meerkat1 |
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