[X4U] Printing part of an e-mail?

[Mark Des Cotes]

Did a little more testing and found out that my little trick of  
selecting text from the bottom up only works on a plain text message  
such as from this list. Message containing HTML or Rich Text don't  
let you select both body and header. Bummer!

As an added bonus, the Services > Print Selection solved another  
question I posted to this list a few months ago. I was wondering how  
I could print an e-mail that has attachments without having all the  
attached files print. I often receive e-mails with PDFs, graphic  
files or Photos attached. It was always a pain when I needed to print  
the message but didn't need to print whatever was attached to it. Now  
I'll be able to save on paper.

Mark Des Cotes
Owner-Graphic Designer
Marksman Design

Mailing adress:
7-841 Sydney Street, Suite # 338
Cornwall, Ontario  K6H 7L2
Canada
613-936-6876



On 7-Nov-07, at 10:23 PM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:

> You know, I was just venting my frustration when I posted my  
> question. I didn't really expect a solution but WOW. Thanks Art,  
> that is exactly what I wanted.
>
> BTW I found out through a little test that, in Mail, if you place  
> your cursor at the top of an e-mail and drag down you can only  
> select the header. But if you start at the bottom of your message  
> and drag up you can select both the message and the header. This  
> way you can use "Print Selected Text" to get everything in one shot  
> and not have to use the extra step involved in "Print Area of  
> Screen" There, now I contributed as well.
>
> Mark Des Cotes
> Owner-Graphic Designer
> Marksman Design
>
> Mailing adress:
> 7-841 Sydney Street, Suite # 338
> Cornwall, Ontario  K6H 7L2
> Canada
> 613-936-6876
>
>
>
> On 7-Nov-07, at 6:49 PM, Art wrote:
>
>> On Nov 7, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:
>>> Just wondering here. Is it possible to print only part of an e- 
>>> mail in Mail? Sometimes there are so many replies back and forth  
>>> that printing would result in multiple pages printed. Is there a  
>>> way to select (highlight) text in an e-mail and only have it print?
>>
>> I use Services (actually via the oh-so-convenient  •  pull-down  
>> menu) --> "Print Selection" --> then either "Print Selected Text"  
>> or "Print Area of Screen" (when I want to include the address,  
>> date & subject lines). Quick and easy!  
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