Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes

By Dorothy Burke and Jane Calabria

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Lesson 1. Navigating Windows 2000 Professional
  • Lesson 2. Working with a Window
  • Lesson 3. Using Menus
  • Lesson 4. Using Windows 2000 Professional Help
  • Lesson 5. Using Dialog Boxes
  • Lesson 6. Working with Multiple Windows and Applications
  • Lesson 7. Copying, Moving, and Linking Between Windows and Applications
  • Lesson 8. Using My Computer
  • Lesson 9. Managing Files with My Computer
  • Lesson 10. Using WordPad
  • Lesson 11. Understanding File Properties and the Recycle Bin
  • Lesson 12. Printing
    • Installing a Printer
    • Printing from an ApplicationControlling the Print Job
    • Working with the Print Folder
    • Controlling the Print Job
    • Using Drag and Drop
  • Lesson 13. Using My Network Places
  • Lesson 14. Using the Control Panel
  • Lesson 15. Using Outlook Express Mail
  • Lesson 16. Sharing Workstations and Setting Passwords
  • Lesson 17. Using Internet Explorer 5
  • Lesson 18. Web Site and Document Searching
  • Lesson 19. Troubleshooting, Restarting, and Disaster Planning
  • Lesson 20. Customizing the Windows 2000 Environment

Printing from an Application

The steps for printing from any Windows application are very similar. The biggest difference is that some dialog box options change from program to program. Most programs offer a Print icon on the toolbar that you can click to print one copy of the job; although in some programs, the print icon displays the Print dialog box. To print from a Windows application, follow these steps:

1. Choose File, Print, and the Print dialog box appears. Figure 12.2 shows the Print dialog box in the WordPad accessory program with the General tab selected.
   

   Figure 12.2 Use the Print dialog box to specify printing options such as which printer to use. From here you can also add a new printer.

2. Set any of the printing options described in the following list. Some applications will offer more specialized options; see a particular application's Help feature if you have questions:
   • Print Range: Specify the pages you want to print. For example, you can print all pages, the current page, a range of pages, or a selection of text (which you select before opening the Print dialog box).
   • Number of Copies: Enter the number of copies you want to print. Often, you can choose a print order (front to back, for example) and whether to collate the copies or not. Choose Collate if you want the printer to sort or create sets of your documents when you are printing multiple copies.
   • Print to File: Prints the document into a file, which you can use to print your document from a computer that doesn't have the program you used to create it. (You then print the file by typing print filename at the DOS prompt of any computer. All document formatting is preserved.)
   • Printer: If you have several printers available, you can choose the printer to which you want to send the job.
   • Layout: Choose from Portrait or Landscape printing.
   • Paper/Quality: This screen will change as it is printer dependent. Here, you select paper sizes, sources, and types (such as photo quality paper if you are printing on a color printer).
3. When you're ready to print, click Print. Windows sends the job to the printer.

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