Sometimes, you may want to print out
a Web page you’ve found, so that you
can recommend the site to a friend
later. But if the URL of the page is a
long one, it’s likely to be truncated in
the footer of the printed page. This is
because Internet Explorer, by default,
uses a large font and cuts off any URL
that doesn’t fit on the same line to
accommodate the date.



To print the whole of a URL every
time, click ‘Tools | internet Options’ and
then on the ’General’ tab, click the ‘Fonts’
button. Then, select a Web page font that
is more compact than Times New Roman;
for example, Vista’s ‘Courier New’(This
font, which is similar to Arial, will also
become the default font for Web pages
that don’t specify a font). If that doesn’t
print the entire Web address, give URLs
a separate line.

To do so, pull down the
Printer toolbar and select Page Setup.
Enter ‘&b&u’ in the Header field to devote
the full header to the URL (aligned to the
right). Then, enter ‘&d&b&p’ in the Footer
field to print the date on the left and the
page number on the right at the bottom
of each page (This procedure eliminates
printing each page’s title, represented by
‘&w’. In our view, a Web page’s title takes
up space that could be devoted to printing
the full URL).

note: The complete URL may not be
printed in the same line if it is too long.