Help:Printing: Difference between revisions

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{{Wikipedia how to}}

{{nutshell|To print a Wikipedia page, select File → Print from your web browser, or click on the browser print icon.}}

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Printable version is not needed for any modern browser, as these browsers will parse the <code>media="print"</code> CSS styles included in the markup of Wikipedia pages. The print rules are applied automatically when the page is printed or previewed from the browser.

Older browsers do not automatically apply print rules when using the browser print feature. These browsers include these versions and older:<ref>{{cite web |title=CSS print media browser conformance |url=http://www.codestyle.org/css/media/print-BrowserSummary.shtml |work=Code Style |accessdate=November 11, November 2009}}</ref>

* Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows

* Internet Explorer 4.01 for Mac

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<code><link rel="stylesheet" href="/skins-1.5/common/commonPrint.css?207xx" type="text/css" media="print" /></code>

Older browsers do not support <code><link media= "print"></code>, thus they will ignore this statement and will not automatically apply the printing rules. For these browsers, the printable version is useful. These browsers include these versions and older:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://w3development.de/css/assigning_external_css/link.html |title=Assigning external CSS > link |accessdate=9 April 2009-04-09}}</ref>

* Internet Explorer 6

* Netscape Navigator 4

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;Print URLs for references in citation templates:

<source lang="CSS">/* print URLs for references */

# content cite a.external.text:after {display: inline;}</source>

* Note: URLs will always print for references that do not use citation templates

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| css = border:1px solid black; width: 80%;

| header = Old fix

| content =

This is the old way to resolve this issue, now deprecated by the change to MediaWiki:Common.js.

* Ensure you have an account and are logged in

* Edit your [[Special:MyPage/skin.css]] and add:

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sup, sub, p, .documentDescription { line-height: normal; }

}</source>

* [[Wikipedia:bypass your cache|Bypass your cache]] per the instructions at the top of your CSS page

}}

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==External links==

* {{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html#at-media-rule|title=Media types|work=Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS&nbsp;2.1) Specification|publisher=World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)|accessdate=8 April 2009-04-08}}

[[Category:Wikipedia interface help|Printable version]]