Is there Keyboard shortcut to print single page (Current Page)?
DC...@officeformac.com
In Windows, this would be "control P" and then "ALT E" which also works in Powerpoint for Windows.
Is there a way to do this in Word? Is see the button in the dialog box, but I'd like to be able to do it from the keyboard without moving to the mouse.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
CyberTaz
there any other combination I know of -- most likely due to differences
between the OS X & Windows operating systems & their respective print
services mechanisms.
The Alt+E combination actually is a Windows keystroke, not a Word
keystroke... Note the underscored letter 'e' in the word 'Current' the next
time you're in a Windows Print dialog for Word. It's the same underlying
functionality as using Alt+F to open the File menu or Alt+T to open the
Tools menu in a Windows program. That type of menu access isn't supported by
OS X. Neither is there any direct access to the "Current Page" setting from
within Word because it is not a Word command.
The entire process probably can be automated by Apple Script, but that's out
of my realm :-} And although you can Tab to the setting once you strike
Command+P it takes 8 presses of the Tab key to get there. The most efficient
method otherwise seems to be Command+P, click "Current Page", press return.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 2/10/10 10:47 PM, in article 59bb2...@webcrossing.JaKIaxP2ac0,
DC...@officeformac.com
> there any other combination I know of -- most likely due to differences
> between the OS X & Windows operating systems & their respective print
> services mechanisms.
>
> The Alt+E combination actually is a Windows keystroke, not a Word
> keystroke... Note the underscored letter 'e' in the word 'Current' the next
> time you're in a Windows Print dialog for Word. It's the same underlying
> functionality as using Alt+F to open the File menu or Alt+T to open the
> Tools menu in a Windows program. That type of menu access isn't supported by
> OS X. Neither is there any direct access to the "Current Page" setting from
> within Word because it is not a Word command.
>
> The entire process probably can be automated by Apple Script, but that's out
> of my realm :-} And although you can Tab to the setting once you strike
> Command+P it takes 8 presses of the Tab key to get there. The most efficient
> method otherwise seems to be Command+P, click "Current Page", press return.
>
> Regards |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
>
>
Thanks for the thoughful reply, and thanks for all the work you do here; looking around it's clear you offer a lot of time and effort to the forum, which is much appreciated.
Regarding keyboard shortcuts in OSX to print a single page: it looks to me as if this _is_ possible. Open a PDF file in Preview for example, and you can print a single page with Option/Command/P which shows clearly as an option in Preview if you click File in the Menu bar. I point this out not to pick nits, but in the hope that someone at Apple or MS will see and think about incorporating this highly useful feature more widely into either/or the OS or Office.
BTW, I agree "ALT/E" is widespread in Windows, but it is not universal, so I think it could be an Office command rather than an OS command? For example, in a PDF file in Windows, to print a single page, it's "Control P" followed by "ALT U" rather than the "ALT E" common in Office. Again, not trying to pick nits, just to document the facts in the (perhaps futile) hope that things could be improved.
Take care.
>
CyberTaz
On 2/11/10 9:32 AM, in article 59bb2...@webcrossing.JaKIaxP2ac0,
"DC...@officeformac.com" <DC...@officeformac.com> wrote:
>> As you've probably discovered Option+E doesn't perform in its place, nor is
>> there any other combination I know of -- most likely due to differences
>> between the OS X & Windows operating systems & their respective print
>> services mechanisms.
>>
>> The Alt+E combination actually is a Windows keystroke, not a Word
>> keystroke... Note the underscored letter 'e' in the word 'Current' the next
>> time you're in a Windows Print dialog for Word. It's the same underlying
>> functionality as using Alt+F to open the File menu or Alt+T to open the
>> Tools menu in a Windows program. That type of menu access isn't supported by
>> OS X. Neither is there any direct access to the "Current Page" setting from
>> within Word because it is not a Word command.
>>
>> The entire process probably can be automated by Apple Script, but that's out
>> of my realm :-} And although you can Tab to the setting once you strike
>> Command+P it takes 8 presses of the Tab key to get there. The most efficient
>> method otherwise seems to be Command+P, click "Current Page", press return.
>>
>> Regards |:>)
>> Bob Jones
>> [MVP] Office:Mac
>>
>>
>>
> Bob,
> Thanks for the thoughful reply, and thanks for all the work you do here;
> looking around it's clear you offer a lot of time and effort to the forum,
> which is much appreciated.
I'm snowbound in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. -- what can I say? :-)
>
> Regarding keyboard shortcuts in OSX to print a single page: it looks to me as
> if this _is_ possible. Open a PDF file in Preview for example, and you can
> print a single page with Option/Command/P which shows clearly as an option in
> Preview if you click File in the Menu bar. I point this out not to pick nits,
> but in the hope that someone at Apple or MS will see and think about
> incorporating this highly useful feature more widely into either/or the OS or
> Office.
I didn't say it wasn't _possible_ , just that it's not implemented in the
same manner as in Windows :-) Keep in mind that this option is newly added
in the latest version of Preview (5.x) in a version of OS X 2 generations
removed from that for which Office 2008 was written. And it's been added as
a menu command in the program, not as a function of the Print dialog. If you
go back to Preview 3.x which shipped with Tiger you won't find the menu
command there... In fact, the keystroke is used for a different purpose
altogether -- it produces the Preview app's Preferences window.
There's also a distinct difference between the structure of a PDF file
[where each page is an 'object'] and a Word document [where physical pages
do not exist at all]. In a Word file, pagination is imposed by the printer
driver & may change at print time from what is being displayed on the screen
if the document hasn't been repaginated before printing.
Perhaps the next release of Office will be able to offer it it, but for now
it just doesn't exist.
>
> BTW, I agree "ALT/E" is widespread in Windows, but it is not universal, so I
> think it could be an Office command rather than an OS command? For example,
> in a PDF file in Windows, to print a single page, it's "Control P" followed by
> "ALT U" rather than the "ALT E" common in Office. Again, not trying to pick
> nits, just to document the facts in the (perhaps futile) hope that things
> could be improved.
No "nit-picking", but those aren't the facts :-)
Again, take a look in the Print dialog of Adobe Reader or whatever PDF app
you're printing from. You'll see that the designated underscored character
is the letter 'u' in "Current" rather than the letter 'e'. The same 'u' is
used if you print from WordPad or even from MS Publisher. [If you notice,
the entire Print window is different dependent on what program you're
printing from, but *all* print services are supplied by the OS.] It's the
ALT+'underscored character' that's a Windows methodology. How it's
implemented (which character is specified) may vary from one program to
another, but the OS is what provides the capability.
>
> Take care.
Jim Gordon Mac MVP
Hi,
You can get pretty close to what you are asking for by using an
Automator Action. Automator Actions are not available in Home and
Student version of Office, so if that's what you have, this suggestion
is out of the question.
The general procedure would be to create an Automator action using the
Print Word Documents action. The save the action on a script menu, and
create a keyboard shortcut to activate it using Mac OSX.
The Print Word Documents action doesn't print the active page. Instead,
you can tell it to display the Page Range input fields where you can
choose From page X to Page Y. You would enter page 3 to 3 if you wanted
to print page 3 only.
-Jim
--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies
DC...@officeformac.com
Jim Gordon Mac MVP
> Thanks Jim. I will try that. I have Office for Business so I assume I
> will find the application you suggest.
There's a fairly extensive Automator example in Office 2008 for Mac
All-in-One For Dummies on pages 559-564.
For help with creating keyboard shortcuts in Mac OSX, in Finder's Help
menu choose Mac Help and search on the word shortcuts.
Lori McKee
In fact the process seems VERY unwieldy.
Also the printer doesn't seem to "stick" - I have to keep changing it to print, say, to our Adobe printer instead of my default printer.
Also in Outlook the default "print all attachments in message" is ticked and I can't find out where to permanently untick it (it's a great option but I want the default to be DON"T print all attachments)
What are those Alt-E thingies called? Keyboard accelerators? I'm having a hard time explaining what I mean to folks - I must be the only one who uses them. I hate the mouse and avoid it as much as possible. :-)
> On Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:47 PM DCP5 wrote:
> Version: 2008
> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
> Processor: Intel
>
> Is there a Keyboard shortcut to print single page (Current Page)? <br><br>In Windows, this would be "control P" and then "ALT E" which also works in Powerpoint for Windows. <br><br>Is there a way to do this in Word? Is see the button in the dialog box, but I'd like to be able to do it from the keyboard without moving to the mouse. <br><br>Any suggestions? <br>
> Thanks.
>> On Thursday, February 11, 2010 8:58 AM CyberTaz wrote:
>> As you have probably discovered Option+E does not perform in its place, nor is
>> there any other combination I know of -- most likely due to differences
>> between the OS X & Windows operating systems & their respective print
>> services mechanisms.
>>
>> The Alt+E combination actually is a Windows keystroke, not a Word
>> keystroke... Note the underscored letter 'e' in the word 'Current' the next
>> time you are in a Windows Print dialog for Word. it is the same underlying
>> functionality as using Alt+F to open the File menu or Alt+T to open the
>> Tools menu in a Windows program. That type of menu access is not supported by
>> OS X. Neither is there any direct access to the "Current Page" setting from
>> within Word because it is not a Word command.
>>
>> The entire process probably can be automated by Apple Script, but that is out
>> of my realm :-} And although you can Tab to the setting once you strike
>> Command+P it takes 8 presses of the Tab key to get there. The most efficient
>> method otherwise seems to be Command+P, click "Current Page", press return.
>>
>> Regards |:>)
>> Bob Jones
>> [MVP] Office:Mac
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/10/10 10:47 PM, in article 59bb2...@webcrossing.JaKIaxP2ac0,
>>> On Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:32 AM DCP5 wrote:
>>> Bob, <br>
>>> Thanks for the thoughful reply, and thanks for all the work you do here; looking around it is clear you offer a lot of time and effort to the forum, which is much appreciated. <br><br>Regarding keyboard shortcuts in OSX to print a single page: it looks to me as if this _is_ possible. Open a PDF file in Preview for example, and you can print a single page with Option/Command/P which shows clearly as an option in Preview if you click File in the Menu bar. I point this out not to pick nits, but in the hope that someone at Apple or MS will see and think about incorporating this highly useful feature more widely into either/or the OS or Office. <br><br>BTW, I agree "ALT/E" is widespread in Windows, but it is not universal, so I think it could be an Office command rather than an OS command? For example, in a PDF file in Windows, to print a single page, it is "Control P" followed by "ALT U" rather than the "ALT E" common in Office. Again, not trying to pick nits, just to document the facts in the (perhaps futile) hope that things could be improved. <br><br>Take care. <br><br>>
>>>> On Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:40 AM CyberTaz wrote:
>>>> Hello Again;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/11/10 9:32 AM, in article 59bb2...@webcrossing.JaKIaxP2ac0,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am snowbound in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. -- what can I say? :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I did not say it was not _possible_ , just that it is not implemented in the
>>>> same manner as in Windows :-) Keep in mind that this option is newly added
>>>> in the latest version of Preview (5.x) in a version of OS X 2 generations
>>>> removed from that for which Office 2008 was written. And it is been added as
>>>> a menu command in the program, not as a function of the Print dialog. If you
>>>> go back to Preview 3.x which shipped with Tiger you will not find the menu
>>>> command there... In fact, the keystroke is used for a different purpose
>>>> altogether -- it produces the Preview app's Preferences window.
>>>>
>>>> There is also a distinct difference between the structure of a PDF file
>>>> [where each page is an 'object'] and a Word document [where physical pages
>>>> do not exist at all]. In a Word file, pagination is imposed by the printer
>>>> driver & may change at print time from what is being displayed on the screen
>>>> if the document has not been repaginated before printing.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps the next release of Office will be able to offer it it, but for now
>>>> it just does not exist.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No "nit-picking", but those are not the facts :-)
>>>>
>>>> Again, take a look in the Print dialog of Adobe Reader or whatever PDF app
>>>> you are printing from. You'll see that the designated underscored character
>>>> is the letter 'u' in "Current" rather than the letter 'e'. The same 'u' is
>>>> used if you print from WordPad or even from MS Publisher. [If you notice,
>>>> the entire Print window is different dependent on what program you are
>>>> printing from, but *all* print services are supplied by the OS.] it is the
>>>> ALT+'underscored character' that is a Windows methodology. How it is
>>>> implemented (which character is specified) may vary from one program to
>>>> another, but the OS is what provides the capability.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards |:>)
>>>> Bob Jones
>>>> [MVP] Office:Mac
>>>>> On Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:41 PM Jim Gordon Mac MVP wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> You can get pretty close to what you are asking for by using an
>>>>> Automator Action. Automator Actions are not available in Home and
>>>>> Student version of Office, so if that is what you have, this suggestion
>>>>> is out of the question.
>>>>>
>>>>> The general procedure would be to create an Automator action using the
>>>>> Print Word Documents action. The save the action on a script menu, and
>>>>> create a keyboard shortcut to activate it using Mac OSX.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Print Word Documents action does not print the active page. Instead,
>>>>> you can tell it to display the Page Range input fields where you can
>>>>> choose From page X to Page Y. You would enter page 3 to 3 if you wanted
>>>>> to print page 3 only.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Jim
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jim Gordon
>>>>> Mac MVP
>>>>> Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies
>>>>>> On Friday, February 12, 2010 10:11 AM DCP5 wrote:
>>>>>> Thanks Jim. I will try that. I have Office for Business so I assume I will find the application you suggest.
>>>>>>> On Friday, February 12, 2010 8:41 PM Jim Gordon Mac MVP wrote:
>>>>>>> There is a fairly extensive Automator example in Office 2008 for Mac
>>>>>>> All-in-One For Dummies on pages 559-564.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For help with creating keyboard shortcuts in Mac OSX, in Finder's Help
>>>>>>> menu choose Mac Help and search on the word shortcuts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Jim
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Jim Gordon
>>>>>>> Mac MVP
>>>>>>> Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
>>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies
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