Delete - delete currently selected elements. Hide - hide currently selected elements. Deselect - deselect all currently selected elements. Select - select all or graphic or page-break elements, or re-select elements from previous command. The buttons available on the Print Edit WE toolbar are: There is an option to show/hide the Print Edit WE submenu item on the context menu. To suspend or resume editing of the page, right-click on the page contents to open the context menu, select the Print Edit WE sub-menu, and then select the 'Suspend Editing' or 'Resume Editing' menu item.Īs an alternative to using the context menu, right-click on the Print Edit WE toolbar button and use the button menu. To start editing the page, right-click on the page contents to open the context menu, select the Print Edit WE sub-menu, and then select the 'Start Editing' menu item. There is an option to double-click on the toolbar button to close editing. To resume editing, click on the Print Edit WE toolbar button again. To suspend editing, click on the Print Edit WE toolbar button again, and a red 'SUS' (suspended) badge will appear. To start editing the page, click on the Print Edit WE toolbar button and a blue editing 'EDIT' (editing) badge will appear. If Print Edit WE cannot be used with the current page, the toolbar button will be disabled (greyed-out). Chrome - Right-click on the toolbar button, and then select Options.Īfter installation of Print Edit WE, there will be a new grey and blue 'printer-pencil' button on the main toolbar. Firefox - On the menu bar select Tools > Add-ons (or press Ctrl+Shift+A), select the Extensions tab, and then click on the Options button. The Print Edit WE Options page can be accessed as follows: ask the user about leaving an edited web page only if the edits are not saved. not ask the user about saving edits when closing an edited web page. automatically close Print Edit WE after exiting Preview. change visibility of link URLs (show or hide). automatically delete graphics at start. default to enabling display with Web Style at start. default to enabling selection of Text Pieces at start. default to enabling display with View More at start. Note, if you are using Print Edit WE in Firefox 55 or earlier, clicking the 'Preview' button (or pressing 'P' or 'Ctrl+P') will always open the Print dialog, rather than the preview window. Close the preview window to return to editing. #HOW TO PRINT SELECTED TEXT IN FIREFOX PDF#
An edited web page can also be saved as a PDF file.Ĭlick the 'Preview' button to see how the edited web page will look when printed. When the 'View More' feature is enabled, elements that are normally invisible are also displayed and can be selected and edited.Īn edited web page can be saved as a single HTML file, which can be viewed or re-edited using Firefox or Chrome. The 'View More' feature is disabled by default, so that only elements that are normally visible are displayed. When the 'Text Pieces' feature is enabled, individual pieces of text can be selected and edited and line breaks are displayed. The 'Text Pieces' feature is disabled by default, so that only whole blocks of text can be selected. When the 'Web Style' feature is enabled, the page displayed will look similar to how the page looks during normal browsing. The 'Web Style' feature is disabled by default, so that the page displayed looks similar to how the page would look if printed normally. A blue 'EDIT' (editing) badge will appear on the button. To start editing the page, click on the Print Edit WE button on the main toolbar, or select Print Edit WE > Start Editing on the context menu.
Note, to use the Save As HTML feature, the Save Page WE extension (version 14.0 or later) must be installed and enabled. Print Edit WE is implemented using the new WebExtensions API and is available for both Firefox and Chrome with identical functions and user interfaces. Print Edit WE is the successor to the well established Print Edit add-on. Unwanted content, such as adverts and sidebars, can easily be removed.
Elements in the web page can be formatted, hidden or deleted and text can be edited or inserted. Print Edit WE provides facilities to edit the contents of a web page prior to printing or saving as HTML or PDF. This version works correctly with all web pages.Previous versions did not work correctly with some web pages.