Brilliant solution! Hope Jackie tries this...
Linda
On Jun 23, 2011, at 8:25 PM, George Columbo <gcolumbo@prodigy.net> wrote:
> I went to Townhall, opened the sample magazine, and selected "Print".
> When my printer selection came up, I selected my "PDF Printer" and
> printed to a file I named "Townhall.pdf" This file opened fine in my
> PDF Reader. All pages were large enough to read easily. The only page
> that did not convert prperly was the ad for Glenn Beck's book (which
> only printed :the left half of the ad."
> If you don't have a PDF printer on your PC, you can download and install
> "CutePDF". It is free and has no advertisements. I use "Foxit" as my
> PDF Reader. It is FREE also and has a much smaller footprint than the
> FREE Adobe Reader.
>
> George
>
> On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 16:21 -0700, Linda McCann wrote
>
>>
>>
>> Jackie,
>> Yesterday, I looked at Townhall, and opened a sample magazine there.
>> It appears that the usual copy/paste commands do not apply to the
>> text, because it appears to be flash based, at least to my eye.
>>
>> Hoping that they've just disabled the copying/pasting on the sample
>> magazines, and the "real" paid magazine subscription will allow for
>> copying and pasting into Word.
>>
>> Linda
>>
>> On Jun 23, 2011, at 2:47 PM, "Alan" <snavenala@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jackie,
>>>
>>> If the print in the Townhall mag is too small, my suggestion would
>> be the same as the one
>>> 'emailshere' made I'm afraid. It's the easiest way to enlarge the
>> print. You can copy the article
>>> you want from the web page and paste it into Microsoft Word, WordPad
>> or Works for instance. The
>>> video in the link SB provided shows the three alternative ways you
>> can copy and paste. It's a useful
>>> video.
>>>
>>> Try it with one paragraph of the article or even a sentence to start
>> off with. Then play around with
>>> it. Once you have the whole article in Word or Wordpad, you can
>> select the text and enlarge the font
>>> as required and print it out. And once you get the hang of copy and
>> paste, you'll wonder why you
>>> waited so long ;-)
>>>
>>> Believe me, you're never too old to learn. If you need more help or
>> specific directions, please ask.
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jacqueline Davidson" <fredjacqueline@bellsouth.net>
>>> To: <simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 12:04 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] Alan: enlarging print?
>>>
>>>
>>>> I print political items from newspapers, blogs, opinion pages, etc.
>> Each of us here need at least
>>>> middle size print, not small. Front Page Magazine has articles on
>> which one can enlarge the print
>>>> by choosing an A of the size one wants. This is fine for us, but
>> not available at Townhall mag,
>>>> and their print is quite small. I am open to suggestions.
>>>> Thanks, Jackie
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "emailshere" <emailshere@dslextreme.com>
>>> To: <simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 5:50 AM
>>> Subject: RE: [Simply Computers] emailshere: enlarging print?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hold down the left button on your mouse, then run the cursor or
>> arrow up or
>>>> down to highlight/select the text you want to print. You can also
>> click to
>>>> place your cursor at a start point -- it might not even show up;
>> don't worry
>>>> -- then scroll down to the end of the text, hold the Shift key and
>> click
>>>> again. Sometimes you will need to copy-paste articles in sections,
>> so you
>>>> can avoid copying various photos and graphics that you might not
>> want to
>>>> print. Once your text is highlighted, right-click and select Copy
>> (not Cut,
>>>> although that would still work; you can't "cut" sections out of
>> online
>>>> pages, so you would accomplish the copy function anyway). Then move
>> to the
>>>> program where you want to paste the text (Word; Open Office Writer;
>> Notepad;
>>>> whatever) and simply click Paste, either by right-clicking your
>> mouse or by
>>>> going to Edit:Paste on the top menu.
>>>>
>>>> I'm old, too, but we old folks can still learn.
>>>>
>>>> Here's a YouTube video demonstrating Copy-Paste:
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66pvfilotA
>>>>
>>>> SB
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jacqueline Davidson" <fredjacqueline@bellsouth.net>
>>> To: <simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 12:17 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] emailshere: enlarging print?
>>>
>>>> A great idea but I seem to be too old/dumb/confused to learn how to
>> cut and paste, darn it.
>>>> Jackie
>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: emailshere
>>>> To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:32 PM
>>>> Subject: RE: [Simply Computers] a program for enlarging print?
>>>>
>>>> Can you just copy-paste the text to a word-processing program (Word
>> or Open
>>>> Office or some such) and then highlight the article and enlarge the
>> text? I
>>>> always do something like that if only to cut out the portions I
>> don't want
>>>> to print (especially color graphics, etc.).
>>>>
>>>> SB
>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Alan
>>>> To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 8:26 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] a program for enlarging print?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 'Material' covers a wide variety of printable texts Jackie. Are you
>> referring to Word documents,
>>>> PDF
>>>> documents, e-mails, articles in web pages, or something else? These
>> can basically all be enlarged
>>>> in
>>>> different ways before printing, often in combination with an Office
>> program like Microsoft Word.
>>>> Do
>>>> you have that installed? If so, which version?
>>>>
>>>> Web pages can be enlarged directly in Print preview under the Tools
>> button in IE. Or you can copy
>>>> an
>>>> article from a web page, paste it into a Word document and enlarge
>> the font before printing. The
>>>> only one in this list that may be tricky is PDF documents.
>>>>
>>>> Can you give us an example of what you want to print or give a more
>> detailed explanation? We can
>>>> be
>>>> of more help that way.
>>>>
>>>> Alan
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Jacqueline Davidson" <fredjacqueline@bellsouth.net>
>>>> To: <simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:16 PM
>>>> Subject: [Simply Computers] a program for enlarging print?
>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know of a program which would enlarge print? I
>> frequently print material for my
>>>>> husband and would like to know how to enlarge it, not speaking of
>> the articles which give one a
>>>>> choice of size.
>>>>> Printer: HP officejet 6500A Plus
>>>>> Operating system Windows XP sp3
>>>>> browser Internet explorer
>>>>> Computer ASUS
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you, Jackie
>>>>>
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