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How do I view a .PRN file prior to printing?
I saved a web page as a .PRN file, how do I view this file prior to printing?
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When you say "saved" do you mean you used "save as" and just changed the file
extension that way? That will not work. Have you tried printing then changing the printer to a text file? One good viewer is TextPad. www.textpad.com "Walter" wrote: I saved a web page as a .PRN file, how do I view this file prior to printing? Many Thanks, |
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You can't view a .PRN file; it is formatted in printer language for a
specific printer. If it was formatted for a Generic/Text Only printer, you will be able to read the text, but there may be a good bit of garbage mixed in. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Walter" wrote in message news I saved a web page as a .PRN file, how do I view this file prior to printing? Many Thanks, |
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Mike,
I was hoping there was some converter built into WORD that would read this file, such as print preview. It appears, however, there is no such tool. Further, this file is a web page that was saved as a .PRN file. The end objective is to save web pages for later viewing so I do not have to print out everything. Thanks, Walter "Mike" wrote: When you say "saved" do you mean you used "save as" and just changed the file extension that way? That will not work. Have you tried printing then changing the printer to a text file? One good viewer is TextPad. www.textpad.com "Walter" wrote: I saved a web page as a .PRN file, how do I view this file prior to printing? Many Thanks, |
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Suzanne S. Barnhill,
Thank you for your insight. What I was hoping for was a converter tool within WORD that would allow me to review the file. The actual file is a web page saved as a .PRN file. The end objective is to be able to save a web page for later viewing rather than having to print it out all the time. Thanks, Walter "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can't view a .PRN file; it is formatted in printer language for a specific printer. If it was formatted for a Generic/Text Only printer, you will be able to read the text, but there may be a good bit of garbage mixed in. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Walter" wrote in message news I saved a web page as a .PRN file, how do I view this file prior to printing? Many Thanks, |
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You could get around this by initially saving the Web page from your browser
as "Web page, complete" or choose "Make available offline." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Walter" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill, Thank you for your insight. What I was hoping for was a converter tool within WORD that would allow me to review the file. The actual file is a web page saved as a .PRN file. The end objective is to be able to save a web page for later viewing rather than having to print it out all the time. Thanks, Walter "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can't view a .PRN file; it is formatted in printer language for a specific printer. If it was formatted for a Generic/Text Only printer, you will be able to read the text, but there may be a good bit of garbage mixed in. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Walter" wrote in message news I saved a web page as a .PRN file, how do I view this file prior to printing? Many Thanks, |
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uzanne S. Barnhill,
Thank you very much. I did what you recommended-and it worked. I think, in my initial efforts to save web pages for later viewing, I did something wrong. So I tried saving it as a .PRN file, which for reasons you explained earlier, is not the proper route to take. Thank you, Walter "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You could get around this by initially saving the Web page from your browser as "Web page, complete" or choose "Make available offline." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Walter" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill, Thank you for your insight. What I was hoping for was a converter tool within WORD that would allow me to review the file. The actual file is a web page saved as a .PRN file. The end objective is to be able to save a web page for later viewing rather than having to print it out all the time. Thanks, Walter "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can't view a .PRN file; it is formatted in printer language for a specific printer. If it was formatted for a Generic/Text Only printer, you will be able to read the text, but there may be a good bit of garbage mixed in. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Walter" wrote in message news I saved a web page as a .PRN file, how do I view this file prior to printing? Many Thanks, |
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