Russ, I tried your suggestion -- with a twist. I tried pasting in a photo editing software so I could save the clip as a jpg file, but I found there was too much of a loss of quality. Believe it or not, I've had better luck printing it out as I described below, then scanning the printout!! Judy in Ocala -----Original Message----- From: Russell Sprague [mailto:russxsprague@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 9:57 AM To: NYOSWEGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYOSWEGO] printing from the old news stories online I'm glad this topic came up. When you print, I guess it goes to your actual printer? I usually do the snapshot thing then open a new blank Word doc and then 'paste' into the Word doc. You can paste multiple articles into a word doc and then email them to others if you want. Just wondered if anyone else has done that or has other tips and techniques to share. From: Judy in Ocala <treewright@gmail.com> Reply-To: NYOSWEGO-L@rootsweb.com To: NYOSWEGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [NYOSWEGO] printing from these old news stories Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:01:08 -0400 The instructions here are for Adobe Reader v. 7. They will work similarly in some other versions, also. Open the PDF document you wish to print. On the toolbar click the Snapshot tool -- the icon for it looks like a camera. Your cursor turns into crosshairs. Position the crosshairs at one corner of the article you wish to print. Then drag your cursor to the corner diagonally opposite so that the whole article is enclosed. When you release the mouse button you will get a message saying that the selected area has been copied to the clipboard. If you make a mistake, just start over with the Snapshot tool. When you're satisfied that the article has been correctly selected, click the Print button. This will print only the selected portion. You may find some articles are too long for 8 1/2 x 11" paper. In that case, you may want to break up the article into sections. Judy in Ocala -----Original Message----- From: jo tambornino chayer [mailto:jchayer@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 8:15 AM To: NYOSWEGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYOSWEGO] printing from these old news stories I have used the boolean search on the www.fultonhistory.com and have found many articles that I would like to print...I do not know how to format this so I get it properly sized and just that particular story...any help from others that know how would be appreciated. I have Windows XP, with Microsoft Office and a Canon Multipass Printer 360 It's just so tiny when I print and then it's always other stuff I do not want. I can make it big to read and I know there is a proper way My family surnames are Bulen, Bullen, Whipple, Blount, from the Mexico area of Oswego County. Thank you jo jchayer@earthlink.net God give me the patience so that the experiences of my life will teach me lessons you want me to learn... -----Original Message----- From: NYOSWEGO-D-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:NYOSWEGO-D-request@rootsweb.com] Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 11:00 PM To: NYOSWEGO-D@rootsweb.com Subject: NYOSWEGO-D Digest V06 #34 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/313 - Release Date: 4/15/2006 ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== List Administrator Bonita Shafer Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com sagemarie98@earthlink.net ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== List Administrator Bonita Shafer Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com sagemarie98@earthlink.net ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== List Administrator Bonita Shafer Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com sagemarie98@earthlink.net ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx