Making Printable Pages in FP 2003

[BethM]

I am trying to convert many of our instructional documents
to HTML for publication on an intranet. Many of our users
will want to print the documents, which are graphic
intensive.

The problem is, when printing a document, the page breaks
frequently occur in mid-line or mid-graphic, which is
ugly, to say the least.

Can anyone advise me of a way to get the pages to break
nicely, or at least avoid having the top half of a graphic
print on one page while the bottom prints on the next?

Thanks!
Beth

 

[Jim Buyens]

You can find some hints at:

Creating "Printer Friendly" Pages
http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/tips/tipshow.aspx?tip=33

but nothing will solve all your print problems all the
time. This is because (1) the Web was never designed to be
a print medium and (2) not all browsers provide equal
print support.

If you want perfect control over printed output, consider
a solution such as PDF.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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[Thomas A. Rowe]

Have you considered converting the documents to PDF files instead of HTML, and then in HTML just
provide a summary of the document with a link to the PDF?

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[Hack]

One partial solution, which won't help with large
graphics, is to put page breaks in a style.

..printbreak10 { page-break-before: always; FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial }
..printbreak8 { page-break-before: always; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial }

Copy a style, say "Body", call it "Body-PB" and add the
break command. Then you can apply this style to the end of
a paragraph or other element where you want it to break.