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The [[MediaWiki]] software that Wikipedia runs on uses [[Cascading Style Sheets]] in order to specify the style and layout that is suitable to a printed version of the page. In modern browsers, the print function of the browser should automatically use the rules in the style sheets when you print an article, therefore the ''print'' command of your web browser is also useful.

Certain page elements normally do not print; these include [[wp:self|self references]] like section edit links, navigation boxes, message boxes and metadata.<ref>The rationale for not printing navigation boxes is that these items contain [[wp:wikilinks|wikilinks]] that are of no use to print readers. (See [[User talk:Ruud Koot//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php2010#Do you recall the reason?title=User_talk:Ruud_Koot&oldid=341560230#Do_you_recall_the_reason.3F]]) There are two problems with this rationale: First, other wikilink content does print, ''for example'' [[wp:ALSO|See also]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Succession Box Standardization#Overview|succession boxes]]. Second, navigation boxes do contain useful information regarding the relationship of the article to the subjects of related articles.</ref>

==Printable version==