Preview the appearance of a printed webpage
The information in this Help topic applies to Windows Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Internet Explorer 8.
When you print a webpage, Internet Explorer automatically scales it to fit within the margins of your paper. This sometimes causes the page to be reduced in size. Internet Explorer also reduces the size of a page slightly if a single line of text (sometimes called an orphan) would print on its own page. You can use Print Preview to see how a printed webpage will look and to adjust page orientation, scaling, and margins. For information about troubleshooting printing problems, see Printing webpages: frequently asked questions.
Note
This information applies to Internet Explorer 7 or Internet Explorer 8 running on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008,Windows XP Service Pack 2, and Windows Server 2003.
To preview how a page will look when it is printed
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Open Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button 
, and then clicking Internet Explorer.
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Go to the page you want to print.
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Click the arrow to the right of the Print button 
, and then click Print Preview.
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Press ESC to exit Print Preview mode without printing.
Changing how a page is displayed on the screen and printed page
The following table describes Print Preview options that affect both what you see on the screen and what appears on the printed page. More printer-specific tasks, such as printing a range of pages or choosing paper size, are set in the Print dialog box and are not set in Print Preview. When you are in Print Preview, press ALT+P or click the Print button to open the Print dialog box. In Internet Explorer, press CTRL+P to open the Print dialog box.
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Portrait 
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Print the page vertically (portrait orientation).
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Landscape 
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Print the page horizontally (landscape orientation).
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Page Setup 
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Change paper size, orientation, or margins, and add headers or footers.
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Turn headers or footers on or off 
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Decide whether to print additional information (such as the date, website address, or page number) at the top or bottom of the page.
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Change Print Size 
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Stretch or shrink the page size to fill the printed page.
This feature replaces the zoom feature that was in previous versions of Internet Explorer.
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Adjust margins 
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Drag the horizontal or vertical markers to change where the page will print.
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Page 
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Specify the page to display.
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Print Document
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Opens the Print dialog box, allowing you to print the page using the current settings.
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Changing how a page is displayed on the screen
The following table describes Print Preview options that only affect how things look on the screen; they do not affect the printed copy.
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View Full Width 
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Zoom the webpage to the width of the preview screen.
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View Full Page 
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Zoom the webpage to show the full webpage in the preview screen.
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Show multiple pages 
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View multiple pages on the preview screen.
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First Page 
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Go to the first page.
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Previous Page 
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Go to the previous page.
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Next Page 
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Go to the next page.
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Last Page 
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Go to the last page.
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Using headers and footers in Internet Explorer 8
Headers and footers enable you to add additional information on the top and bottom of webpages you print. You can add things like the date or time, page numbers, window title, or webpage address. You can include items on the left, center, or right of either the header or footer, or both.
To customize the header or footer of pages you print, do the following:
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Open Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Internet Explorer.
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Go to the webpage you want to print.
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Click the arrow to the right of the Print button
in the main browser window, and then click Page Setup.
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In the Page Setup dialog box, click the lists under Headers and Footers, and then click the items you want to print.
Creating headers and footers in Internet Explorer 8
The following table describes how to display different kinds of information in the headers or footers of printed webpages. Unlike earlier versions of Internet Explorer, you don't need to use special codes to build your headers or footers. You only need to choose an option from one of the header or footer lists in the Page Setup dialog box.
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Click this option in the list
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Nothing
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Empty
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Window title
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Title
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Page address (URL)
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URL
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Date in short format (as specified by Regional and Language Options in Control Panel)
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Date in short format
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Date in long format (as specified by Regional and Language Options in Control Panel)
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Date in long format
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Time (as specified by Regional and Language Options in Control Panel)
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Time
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Time in 24-hour format
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Time in 24hr format
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Current page number
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Page number
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Total number of pages
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Total pages
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Page number of total pages
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Page # of total pages
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Creating custom headers and footers
You can create your own custom header or footer text by using ampersand codes. To create a fully customized header or footer, click one of the lists under Headers and Footers in the Page Setup dialog box, and then click Custom. In the Custom dialog box, type your own custom text along with these codes. For example, to print the date and city on the document you might type Printed in Seattle on &D. The following table shows the ampersand codes that are available:
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Window title
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&w
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Page address (URL)
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&u
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Date in long format (as specified by Regional and Language Options in Control Panel)
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&D
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Time (as specified by Regional and Language Options in Control Panel)
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&t
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Time in 24-hour format
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&T
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Current page number
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&p
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Total number of pages
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&P
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Page number of total pages
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Page &p of &P
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Date in short format (as specified by Regional and Language Options in Control Panel)
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&d
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A single ampersand (&)
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&&
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Using headers and footers in Internet Explorer 7
The following table describes how to print the date or time, page numbers, window titles, or page addresses to headers or footers on your printed pages. In the Header and Footer boxes, specify the information to be printed by using the text codes shown in the table. These codes can be combined with words (for example, Page &p of &P).
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Window title
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&w
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Page address (URL)
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&u
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Date in short format (as specified by Regional and Language Options in Control Panel)
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&d
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Date in long format (as specified by Regional and Language Options in Control Panel)
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&D
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Time (as specified by Regional and Language Options in Control Panel)
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&t
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Time in 24-hour format
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&T
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Current page number
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&p
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Total number of pages
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&P
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Right-aligned text (put &b before text you want to be right aligned)
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&b [text to right align]
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Centered text (put &b before and after the text you want to be centered)
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&b [text to center] &b
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A single ampersand (&)
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&&
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Notes
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The Change Print Size feature might not work properly if the webpage you're trying to print specifies the exact location where text should print on the page.
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If you go to a webpage and open Print Preview before the page is fully loaded in the browser, the page will appear blank in Print Preview.
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If you change printing options (such as paper orientation) by using the buttons in Print Preview, those changes will be in effect temporarily (until you close Internet Explorer). To make permanent changes to your printing options (for example, to change the default paper size), make changes in Page Setup. For more information, see Choosing print options.
