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RE: Tall image on web page is truncated when printing
Subject:RE: Tall image on web page is truncated when printing From:"Bill Burns" <bburns -at- qds-solutions -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 9 Jul 2003 08:40:50 -0600
Hi, Christine.
>I have a text equivalent written up and placed next to the image--I can
>ditch the image if need be--but it would've been nice for the visually
>oriented types to see exactly what it would look like on their
>screens... Anyone have a solution to this?
Keep in mind that the user is going to have to scroll to see the same thing, so giving them a continuous capture doesn't really mimic their experience.
Try three separate full-screen captures with links to each so users can jump down to the section that pertains to their screen view.
Bill Burns
Documentation Supervisor/MS Help MVP
Quality Design Systems
bburns -at- qds-solutions -dot- com
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