aleciafromedmonton

Q: how do i print a portion of an email

how do i print a portion of an email

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Apr 22, 2015 6:28 PM

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Q: how do i print a portion of an email

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  • by rkaufmann87,

    rkaufmann87 rkaufmann87 Apr 22, 2015 9:14 PM in response to aleciafromedmonton
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    Apr 22, 2015 9:14 PM in response to aleciafromedmonton

    It's all or nothing, however if it is a multipage e-mail simply select the pages  you want.

  • by kostby,

    kostby kostby Apr 22, 2015 11:04 PM in response to aleciafromedmonton
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    Apr 22, 2015 11:04 PM in response to aleciafromedmonton

    Strictly speaking it is USUALLY NOT "all or nothing"...


    It is *USUALLY possible to select, copy, and paste some or all of an email to the Mac 'clipboard', and then open TextEdit.app (or Pages.app) and paste the contents of the clipboard into a new blank document. THEN you can attempt to edit the document and save your changes, and finally print it from TextEdit.app

     

    PROVIDED THAT

    you have BOATLOADS of patience

    AND BOATLOADS of persistence

    AND plenty of SPARE TIME to "fuss with the controls" to achieve your desired result while you attempt to edit a copy of the email in Text Edit.app or a similar app.

     

    BUT… If you're interested in SPEED and PRODUCTIVE USE OF YOUR TIME, it's usually easier to waste some paper and print the whole thing, or simply Forward the entire email.

     

    *USUALLY because some portions of some emails are loaded as images. Then the text cannot be selected, copied, and printed, except as the entire image.

     

    If you are interested in more specifics, respond here and I'll be happy to provide some step-by-step detail.

  • by ~Bee,Helpful

    ~Bee ~Bee Apr 23, 2015 5:54 PM in response to aleciafromedmonton
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    Apr 23, 2015 5:54 PM in response to aleciafromedmonton

    Alecia --

     

    Press the Command, Shift, and the number 4 key all at the same time.

    You will see crosshairs as your cursor.

    Drag the cursor around the part that you want to keep.

    Then let go of the cursor.

     

    You will then have a .png file of what you wanted on your desktop.

    Here's great info on taking screen shots  -- It's really easy!

     

    How to take a screenshot on your Mac - Apple Support

  • by ~Bee,

    ~Bee ~Bee Apr 23, 2015 8:15 PM in response to aleciafromedmonton
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    Apr 23, 2015 8:15 PM in response to aleciafromedmonton

    Alecia --

     

    Really glad you found this helpful.

    (It's really easy, eh???)