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Title: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Intrepidtrier on August 11, 2009, 08:21:25 am
Thermomixer. Would there be any way that you could get a print thingy on the recipes so that you only print out the recipe and not alll the chit chat under it????? I have tried to cut and paste but mine only says copy and I don`t know how to use it properly. Thanks Sandy
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Rowyfo on August 11, 2009, 08:59:52 am
You can select only the text you want to print, select "copy" and paste it into another document such as a Word document or text document. I hope that helps.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: brazen20au on August 11, 2009, 09:03:44 am
or you can just print selection (doesn't work in google chrome :-))) or print 1 of 1 pages
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: judydawn on August 11, 2009, 09:28:54 am
Or get in quick and print a recipe out as soon as it goes on the forum - before people start to comment or go off on a different tangent.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Thermomixer on August 11, 2009, 02:35:25 pm
Sandy. I'll see if Master Moderator and Admin can do anything - may be something easy - may have to set up another system.

Like others - I tend to copy and paste into a Word document and then print, but will see if anything can be done.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: judydawn on August 11, 2009, 03:22:13 pm
Don't make it too complicated for us oldies Thermomixer.  I don't even know how to copy and paste  ??? ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: CreamPuff63 on August 11, 2009, 04:18:22 pm
Can I make another suggestion that perhaps all the latest recipes only are also added into a general folder that is titled along the lines say "Recently Added Recipes". All recipes no matter what category they fall into go into this folder, and those people who like to see all the recipes as they go online won't have to trawl through all the various sections to find the latest and the greatest, as they will be able to look at the ones that have just been recently added since their last log on.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: brazen20au on August 11, 2009, 10:53:46 pm
CP63 - click on the link on the top left "show unread posts Since last visit" then you an see all the new threads (plus old threads with new posts :))
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Rowyfo on August 12, 2009, 12:18:00 am
Ooooo along those lines what if users added recipes to "new recipe forum" and then after a week a mod moved them to their category. This would also make it easier to update individual indexes. Extra work but moving doesn't take long right?
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Thermomixer on August 12, 2009, 12:34:35 am
There is now a print button at the top of the list of posts - thanks Master Moderator.

You can now hit the button and all the thread comes up in a new window - you should then highlight the area of text you want and hit your Print button.

In the Print window, find the Print Selection button and choose to only Print the Seleceted area.

Hope this helps - no cutting and pasting into new documents to print.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: judydawn on August 12, 2009, 02:33:14 am
There is now a print button at the top of the list of posts - thanks Master Moderator.

You can now hit the button and all the thread comes up in a new window - you should then highlight the area of text you want and hit your Print button.

In the Print window, find the Print Selection button and choose to only Print the Seleceted area.

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  I tried this Thermomixer but still got all the pages.  Found the print button in the first step.  Hit it and yes, the thread came up in a new window.  I highlighted just the recipe and hit the print button.  It printed out ALL the pages. The next line about the print window and finding the print selection button and choose to only print the selected area - this is where I am confused as the printer is already doing what I told it to do in the last step.  Hope you follow what I mean.  It is probably me doing something wrong - anyone else succeeded in doing it right? Not that I mind getting all the pages unless I am doing it for someone else but I would like to be able to follow instructions if at all possible :P :P :P :P :P
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Rowyfo on August 12, 2009, 03:16:55 am
In Firefox, when you hit Print... it comes up with this dialogue. Judy, you might be using a more direct method of printing that skips the step that brings this up.

(http://i27.tinypic.com/w8850n.jpg)

Thanks for adding the print button MM :)
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: brazen20au on August 12, 2009, 03:18:12 am
i tend to use the button above that so i print "Pages 1 to 1"

thanks rowy :)
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Rowyfo on August 12, 2009, 03:19:44 am
Actually I prefer to print out more than one recipe on each page personally... better for the trees :)

Well having said THAT I usually just copy them down onto scrap paper by hand, but whatever.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: brazen20au on August 12, 2009, 03:26:13 am
whereas mine always go missing and i end up printing out the same recipes over and over and over again...

(however the drawing paper my children use is all the scrap paper from my old job ;))
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: judydawn on August 12, 2009, 04:59:18 am
When I print out stuff I don't want, I just put it back in and print something on the other side.  Never gets wasted.  Will look for that box when I get home Karen, don't have time now.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: brazen20au on August 12, 2009, 05:03:37 am
unfortunately we can't print on the other side - it teds to get caught up in teh printer and stop it working :( but at least it gets recycled by my children who are addicted to drawing!
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: CreamPuff63 on August 12, 2009, 12:21:36 pm
Thanks brazen for that tip, it'll make things a little easier for me  :)
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: judydawn on August 12, 2009, 02:23:41 pm
I found that print thingy Karen but only - actually this is all to hard to explain but whatever I do, all the pages print out.  I like to use the print which is larger and I get this by clicking on print at the top of the recipe.  It's not a problem for me though and in future when I want to print out things for other people, I will just photocopy the main recipe page and skip all the comments.
I don't expect you to understand what I am saying as I don't understand it myself :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Thermomixer on August 12, 2009, 03:06:18 pm
Try again
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: judydawn on August 12, 2009, 03:25:08 pm
It's too late now to be printing something out Thermomixer - I will wake DH ;) ;) ;) ;) Try it tomorrow, thanks.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: judydawn on August 13, 2009, 01:44:38 am
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  • Hit the File button near top of page
  This is where I get stuck Thermomixer - at this point I can't see a file button anywhere ??? ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: JulieO on August 13, 2009, 02:09:42 am
Judy, the way I copy the recipes I want from here, is to firstly open a blank word document, then come on here and highlight the recipe that I want to copy, by left clicking the mouse on the text I want to copy, then right clicking and selecting 'Copy'  then go to your open word document and firstly left click the mouse where you want the recipe to start at the top of the page, then right click and select 'Paste', the recipe will then copy itself to your page.  You can then just print off using either Control P or clicking on the printer icon at the top of the page.  You can also then save the recipe on your computer in a file if you want. 

I hope this helps and I've not confused you further.

Julie.

Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Thermomixer on August 13, 2009, 02:25:39 am
HI Jd - look up on the top left hand corner of your screen.

Alternatively hit down the Alt key and then press the F key - a menu should drop down

You can actually skip that step by holding the Ctrl key down and then the P key and reach the same point - sorry - I know what I'm doing but don't know how to explain it  :-\ :-\

Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: judydawn on August 13, 2009, 03:21:35 am
HI Jd - look up on the top left hand corner of your screen.

Alternatively hit down the Alt key and then press the F key - a menu should drop down

Yay I did it. When I did this, the word file appeared out of no-where and from then on it was smooth sailing.  Thanks for your patience Thermomixer :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* and thanks also to JulieO for your tips (that was a bit too much information for me unfortunately as I am such a dummie computer operator).
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: judydawn on August 13, 2009, 03:32:33 am
And to show it was no fluke and that my lesson has sunk in, I have just printed out another recipe without all the comments. I am so excited that I learnt something new today. DH was excited for me too as I ran up the hall whoo, whooing all the way. ;) ;) ;)  I did it without referring to my notes too :P :P
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Hannah on August 13, 2009, 08:21:42 am
JD - Perhaps your main menu isn't turned on in Internet Explorer (ie File Edit View Favorites Tools Help)

Right click in a plain grey area in the toolbar section and see if Menu Bar is ticked. Click on it if its not.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: judydawn on August 13, 2009, 09:03:57 am
Hannah, when I clicked in the grey area (hopefully in the right spot) I got  a little box which said Toolbar, Views bar & Search Bar - all 3 were ticked.  Didn't see Menu bar anywhere.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Hannah on August 13, 2009, 10:37:31 am
I can't find what you have anywhere! I use IE7 at work and have IE8 at home and they both come up with similar options. I'm sure you said earlier you had Internet Explorer when others were encouraging you to try Firefox. Not sure what else you can try. Unfortunately we all customise our computers to suit ourselves so everything is not always quite the same.

I hopefully have included a picture and hope it will be big enough for you to make sense of.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: judydawn on August 13, 2009, 10:49:04 am
Hi Hannah, I found it - I was right clicking in the wrong spot :P :P :P  Now, why have I done this  ;D ;D ;D and how do you find out if you have IE7, 8 or whatever.  Thanks for perservering with me.  By the way the menu bar wasn't ticked but is now.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Thermomixer on August 13, 2009, 11:06:29 am
Thanks Hannah - you are much more computer literate.  I did the Screen prints to bring to work today and left them at home.

May still put something together to help others.  Or if somebody else can do a good job (like Hannah and Rowyfo) then I would appreciate it.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: mama_bel on August 13, 2009, 03:33:43 pm
Like Julie mentioned above, I tend to copy and paste into Word documents.  Then I can edit out bits I don't want and change anything I know I will substitute already.  I can often fit a couple of recipes on a page, and put them in a larger font with smaller margins so it's easy to read across the bench (so the book is safe and clean!)

I have a 3 ring folder with some of those sheet protector inserts and I've filed the recipes with like ones - the meals together, the desserts together, etc. 

So far, so good. :)
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Thermomixer on August 14, 2009, 12:56:02 am
Great ideas bel.

BTW - you should put your blog URL in your signature.  We didn't know that you had a blog.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Intrepidtrier on August 14, 2009, 07:57:09 am
Thanks Thermomixer, looks like you and a few others have helped out more than just me.It`s good to see some others have the same problem as what I had.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: cookie1 on August 15, 2009, 03:19:06 am
First I will admit that I haven't read all the posts on this topic. (house guests).
The way I print is :
Highlight the bits I want printed.
Right click and select print preview.
When this appears, at the very top of the screen select 'as selected on screen"
Then print and only the pieces you have selected will print.

I'm as clear as mud!!! :-[
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: judydawn on August 15, 2009, 03:41:00 am
As long as you know what you are doing Cookie1 - I tried your way just to see if it would work (even though I have it perfected now) and things didn't pop up for me as they do you. What a complicated world is this computer stuff. Hope you had fun with your visitors and showed them a thing or two in the TMX.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Thermomixer on August 15, 2009, 04:27:57 am
Cookie1 - you are right  ;D ;D, that's how I often do it,  but I tend to put it into a word document to pretty it up/amend as mama_bel and others have said.

There are lots of ways  - as long as we can find something that works for all.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: cookie1 on August 16, 2009, 07:52:36 am
That's what the important thing is, as long as we can print all the new recipes.

Judy, I had a week of absolute fun with my cousin. She loved the TMX. She's a few years older than me and I hadn't seen her for nearly 4 years. It was like having a sister as we're very similar. We hadn't lived in the same house at all for about 44 years, when her Mum used to have me out on leave from my boarding school. DD and DH just did their own thing for the week. We went up to Moora (about 100 miles away) for the day as she lived there as a tiny girl, did lots of family history tracing and meals out and generally had a fantastic time. (even to the extent to spending several hours at the cemetery yesterday looking for long gone rellies in the pouring rain).
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: faffa_70 on August 16, 2009, 09:30:42 am
OMG Cookie, in the weather we had yesterday!!!  :o :o :o :o It was freezing on top of wet. Just as well it wasn't Friday, you would have got blown away
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Thermomixer on August 16, 2009, 10:31:41 am
Thanks for sending that weather over here - miserable day.   >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: faffa_70 on August 16, 2009, 11:21:35 am
Still like that here for the next week or so, didn't send it to you, just sharing it with you lol  ;)
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: cookie1 on August 17, 2009, 02:23:40 am
We West Aussies are a kind sharing lot when it comes to weather. (and recipes)    I think we must have had nearly 100% of days in August when it's rained.  We are still a lot below our August and yearly average-it just seems to rain every day. Must not complain; but I am sick of wet washing.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Chelsea (Thermie Groupie) on August 17, 2009, 03:59:59 am
Must not complain; but I am sick of wet washing.

Welcome to my world.  ;D ;D ;D
Chelsea (Tassie)
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: cookie1 on August 17, 2009, 07:36:17 am
Oh Chelsea you poor thing. I think the big problem is that we are not really used to it over here. I spend my day sprinting to and from the clothes line.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: brazen20au on August 17, 2009, 11:32:43 am
LOL cookie, you are like my mum. whereas i hang stuff out and don't care how long t's out there for LOL
mum hangs hers in the morning and brings it in in the afternoon - we mostly hang ours afternoon and bring it in whenever we remember it ;) we have 3 times as much though!
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Chelsea (Thermie Groupie) on August 17, 2009, 12:18:33 pm
We have very strong winds down here at the moment (outside I mean  ;)) and keeping it on the line is my biggest problem at the moment. I must admit that I like to get mine in and folded everyday.  There is so much washing with the boys (mud, mud, glorious mud) that I get snowed under if it carries over too many days.
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: brazen20au on August 17, 2009, 12:57:25 pm
chelsea, you can get the superhold pegs at woollies

at the moment i have a little miss 3 who likes to change when she gets a single drop of water or grain of rice on her outfit so we go through probably 3-4 outfits a day for her alone (and that's after all the fights we have to stop her changing more often lol)
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Chelsea (Thermie Groupie) on August 18, 2009, 05:57:22 am
chelsea, you can get the superhold pegs at woollies

at the moment i have a little miss 3 who likes to change when she gets a single drop of water or grain of rice on her outfit so we go through probably 3-4 outfits a day for her alone (and that's after all the fights we have to stop her changing more often lol)

LOL - We have the woolies superhold pegs. Crazy winds here at the moment though!!!  My 16 month old was blown over yesterday walking to the car.

Little Miss 3's clothing changes would be very trying. Can you sneak the clothes back in the wardrobe for another turn???
We have the other extreme of two little boys being saturated with mud and having to be dragged inside for a change of clothes.  :)
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: brazen20au on August 18, 2009, 06:23:04 am
OMG at your 16mo!! :o :o :o
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: Chelsea (Thermie Groupie) on August 19, 2009, 05:28:12 am
Today he let me carry him to the car.  ;)
Title: Re: Printing out a recipe
Post by: brazen20au on August 19, 2009, 08:28:16 am
*snigger*