Print Edit WE EN

CHANGES

Version 29.7

• Fixes problem that caused browser context menu to show when right-clicking to show the 'Inspect' panel.
• New option to show/hide the 'Save As PDF' setup panel when saving page using Save > Save As PDF.

OVERVIEW

Print Edit WE provides facilities to edit the contents of a web page prior to printing or saving as HTML or PDF. Elements in the web page can be formatted, hidden or deleted and text can be edited or inserted. Unwanted content, such as adverts and sidebars, can easily be removed.

Note, to use the Save As HTML feature, the Save Page WE extension (version 14.0 or later) must be installed and enabled.

BASIC OPERATION

To start editing the page, click on the Print Edit WE button on the main toolbar, or select Print Edit WE > Start Editing on the context menu. A blue 'EDIT' (editing) badge will appear on the button.

The 'Web Style' feature is disabled by default, so that the page displayed looks similar to how the page would look if printed normally. When the 'Web Style' feature is enabled, the page displayed will look similar to how the page looks during normal browsing.

The 'Text Pieces' feature is disabled by default, so that only whole blocks of text can be selected. When the 'Text Pieces' feature is enabled, individual pieces of text can be selected and edited and line breaks are displayed.

The 'View More' feature is disabled by default, so that only elements that are normally visible are displayed. When the 'View More' feature is enabled, elements that are normally invisible are also displayed and can be selected and edited.

An edited web page can be saved as a single HTML file, which can be viewed or re-edited using Firefox or Chrome. An edited web page can also be saved as a PDF file.

Click the 'Preview' button to see how the edited web page will look when printed. Close the preview window to return to editing.

There are options to:

• default to enabling display with View More at start.
• default to enabling selection of Text Pieces at start.
• default to enabling display with Web Style at start.
• automatically delete graphics at start.
• change visibility of link URLs (show or hide).
• automatically close Print Edit WE after exiting Preview.
• not ask the user about saving edits when closing an edited web page.
• ask the user about leaving an edited web page only if the edits are not saved.

OPTIONS PAGE

The Print Edit WE Options page can be accessed as follows:

• Firefox - On the menu bar select Tools > Add-ons (or press Ctrl+Shift+A), select the Extensions tab, and then click on the Options button.

• Chrome - Right-click on the toolbar button, and then select Options.

TOOLBAR BUTTON

After installation of Print Edit WE, there will be a new grey and blue 'printer-pencil' button on the main toolbar.

If Print Edit WE cannot be used with the current page, the toolbar button will be disabled (greyed-out).

To start editing the page, click on the Print Edit WE toolbar button and a blue editing 'Edit' (editing) badge will appear.

To suspend editing, click on the Print Edit WE toolbar button again, and a red 'Sus' (suspended) badge will appear. To resume editing, click on the Print Edit WE toolbar button again.

There is an option to double-click on the toolbar button to close editing.

CONTEXT MENU & BUTTON MENU

To start editing the page, right-click on the page contents to open the context menu, select the Print Edit WE sub-menu, and then select the 'Start Editing' menu item.

To suspend or resume editing of the page, right-click on the page contents to open the context menu, select the Print Edit WE sub-menu, and then select the 'Suspend Editing' or 'Resume Editing' menu item.

As an alternative to using the context menu, right-click on the Print Edit WE toolbar button and use the button menu.

There is an option to show/hide the Print Edit WE submenu item on the context menu.

PRINT EDIT WE TOOLBAR

The buttons available on the Print Edit WE toolbar are:

• Select - select all or graphic or page-break elements, or re-select elements from previous command.
• Deselect - deselect all currently selected elements.
• Hide - hide currently selected elements.
• Delete - delete currently selected elements.
• Hide Except - hide all elements except those currently selected.
• Delete Except - delete all elements except those currently selected, with varying restrictions.
• Format - apply format properties to currently selected elements.
• Text - edit a text piece or insert new text before or after element.
• Undo - undo the action of previous edit command.
• Undo All - undo the actions of all previous edit commands.
• Save - save web page as a single HTML or PDF file.
• Text Pieces - allow selection and editing of individual text pieces.
• View More - view invisible elements in the page.
• Web Style - alternately remove or apply CSS print stylesheets.

• Preview - open the Print Preview window.
• Close - finish editing.

• Tools - access to the Fix Page Breaks features and to the Options dialog.
• Help - show the Help panel.

The Delete Except button has three menu items:

• Restricted - higher level elements retain their size and relative position.
• Without Float - higher level elements retain their size and relative position, but cannot float right.
• Unrestricted - higher level elements are resized and repositioned freely, but cannot float right.

In this context, “higher level elements” means the ancestors (parent, grandparent, etc) of the currently selected elements.

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

To initiate Print Edit, press Alt+P. To initiate Print Preview when not editing a web page, press Alt+Shift+P. These shortcuts can be reconfigured in the Shortcuts tab of the Print Edit WE Options page.

Each button or menu item on the Print Edit WE toolbar has a keyboard shortcut, which is the letter that is underlined in the name of the button or menu item.

The other keyboard shortcuts are:

• ] - deselect all elements.
• [ - select previous…