Friday, October 21, 2011

Printing charts and reports

QUESTION
When I try to analyze class data from thatquiz, I like to be able to
occasionally print the charts and reports. Is there a way to print
them and see the whole report on one page? Currently when I try to
print, it spills over onto multiple pages.

ANSWER
  Try using the latest version of the Firefox browser, which has some
nice printing controls.
  See this page for help:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Printing%20a%20web%20page
  especially the section "Print window settings"
 and the option "Shrink to Fit Page width".
It also helps, in Firefox, to right click on the chart and select
"This Frame->Print" in the menu which appears.
For some charts it can help to also check "Print background colors" in
the printing controls.

If you want very precise printing, you can also take a picture of the
screen, called a "screen shot".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
Then edit the image to show exactly what you want, and print it on a full page.

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