copy newspaper articles withOUT horrendous formatting issues

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Guest

It seems like a simple task, but an hour later I am giving in, asking for help.

Can someone please tell me how to copy an online newspaper article
(including the headline, text, pictures, etc.) into a MS Word document
WITHOUT the formatting changing everything?

I would simply take a screenshot and copy that into a word document, except
that the article is quite long (it extends past the fold (bottom) of my
screen), and subsequently only the top of the article is copied in the
screenshot.
 
J

Jay Freedman

It seems like a simple task, but an hour later I am giving in, asking for help.

Can someone please tell me how to copy an online newspaper article
(including the headline, text, pictures, etc.) into a MS Word document
WITHOUT the formatting changing everything?

I would simply take a screenshot and copy that into a word document, except
that the article is quite long (it extends past the fold (bottom) of my
screen), and subsequently only the top of the article is copied in the
screenshot.

Use SnagIt (30-day free trial at www.techsmith.com), which can
automatically scroll the page to capture the whole thing.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

That may well make a graphic too long to insert on a single page, though.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Jay Freedman said:
Use SnagIt (30-day free trial at www.techsmith.com), which can
automatically scroll the page to capture the whole thing.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Graham Mayor

By default it will shrink to the margins of the page so while it should fit,
it could well be much smaller than the original - unless the OPs printer
will accept large page sizes.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

IOW, it could be too small to be readable.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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