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  • From: Jake Greene <jakegreene AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] My dad needs some Mac help
  • Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:39:41 -0500

He'd like to use it from Firefox, Safari, Mail, and AppleWorks.
Basically, he just wants to do it whenever he wanted.

Jake


On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:19:27 -0500 (EST), zman
<zman AT shell.neverwhere.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Ian Meyer wrote:
> > Even shorter than that...
> > Highlight the text, then go up to the Application's menu (eg: as I write
> > this, Mail) and under "Services" select "Make New Sticky Note"
> > It'll make a new Stickies note with the highlighted text for its content
>
> Actually in iTerm you can print the selected text with a shortcut. what
> app is he trying to do it in?
>
> >> On Mar 21, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Jake Greene wrote:
> >>> In windows he would highlight a bit of text and use "file, print,
> >>> print selection" to print only that bit of highlighted text. That
> >>> same functionality seems to be missing from OSX and he's, as the kids
> >>> say, frustrated. Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Was this application specific? I don't see a way to do it directly
> >> however
> >> I can think of one work around:
> >>
> >> 1) Launch Stickies (Applications -> Stickies)
> >> 2) Select the text / graphics you want to print
> >> 3) Drag the selection onto a blank stickies note (you may have to hold
> >> down
> >> the mouse button a moment before starting the drag)
> >> 4) In the Stickies application you can print the currently active note.
> >>
> >> You can sell the side advantage that stickies will keep your tidbits
> >> around
> >> and quickly accessible :)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Scott
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ian Meyer - ianmeyer AT mac.com, ianmeyer AT gmail.com
> >
> > GPG Key ID: B779F2D4
> > Fingerprint: FF2D F47B DCEB 4434 7DFF 9078 F857 DFC4 B779 F2D4
> >
> > - Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me you built a time machine...
> > out of a DeLorean?
> > - The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why
> > not
> > do it with some style?
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