Cropping part of a web page in Safari

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Cropping part of a web page in Safari

Not very long ago, I read in some Mac article or tutorial about how to crop out part of a Safari web page, save it as a PDF and print just that part. I have not used it enough to remember how. I can use the Preview tools to "crop" a part of the page, and save it, but when I open it again, the whole page is there, not just the cropped part. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any help.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Apr 12, 2008 7:38 PM

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Answer 1

David Talley Author

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Apr 13, 2008 6:44 AM in response to Hawaiian_Starman

Thanks for that tip. It seems that the ".png" picture that gets saved to the desktop opens at the same size as the original. I can zoom in but when then trying to save at the increased size, it doesn't work. It gets saved once again at the original size. So if I want to "cut" a small picture out of a web page and then blow it up and print it, how do I do it?
Thanks again for the help.

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Apr 13, 2008 6:58 AM in response to David Talley

You can't "blow up" screenshots without degrading the image quality.
Most Mac's screen resolution is 72 dpi and you need at least 300 dpi for a "print".
Enlarging it will only print a pixelated mess.

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Answer 3

Apr 12, 2008 7:59 PM in response to David Talley

Hi

One way - Command/Shift/4 keys puts a cross-hair on the page. Drag it over the area you want to capture. The file is created on your desktop. Open the file in Preview and print it.

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David Talley Author

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Apr 13, 2008 8:20 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

Thanks. Would it be possible to save as .jpg and blow that up?

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Answer 5

Apr 13, 2008 8:25 AM in response to David Talley

Nope.
Same issues.

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