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==Printing==
==Printing==
* print preview opens in the "Preview" program, not in the application itself, so after closing the preview window and switching back to your original appliciation, you have to click File/Print... again
*print preview opens in the "Preview" program, not in the application itself, so after closing the preview window and switching back to your original appliciation, you have to click File/Print... again
**At the bottom of the "Print Preview" window, there is a "Print" button.  If you like what you see, you click there and print.  If you don't like what you see, presumably it will be necessary to go back to your application and make some changes anyway.  --[[User:ShawnDouglas|smd]]
 
* inability to print a text selection
* inability to print a text selection
**Are you able to simply select text and send it straight to the printer in Windows?  It's not too hard to send something to the clipboard and then paste it elsewhere.  There are also many ways to quickly [http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/01/01/mac-os-x-screenshot-secrets.html take a screenshot], which you can then print. --[[User:ShawnDouglas|smd]]


==Terminal==
==Terminal==
* is translucent. why can't my email window have ''just'' my email in it?
* is translucent. why can't my email window have ''just'' my email in it?
**Terminal → Window Settings → Color.  Drag the "Transparency" slider all the way to the left. --[[User:ShawnDouglas|smd]]
[[Image:SD-terminal.png|200px]]

Revision as of 11:08, 15 July 2006

Printing

  • print preview opens in the "Preview" program, not in the application itself, so after closing the preview window and switching back to your original appliciation, you have to click File/Print... again
    • At the bottom of the "Print Preview" window, there is a "Print" button. If you like what you see, you click there and print. If you don't like what you see, presumably it will be necessary to go back to your application and make some changes anyway. --smd
  • inability to print a text selection
    • Are you able to simply select text and send it straight to the printer in Windows? It's not too hard to send something to the clipboard and then paste it elsewhere. There are also many ways to quickly take a screenshot, which you can then print. --smd

Terminal

  • is translucent. why can't my email window have just my email in it?
    • Terminal → Window Settings → Color. Drag the "Transparency" slider all the way to the left. --smd