8 Ways to Print Just a Section of a Document or Website

To conserve paper and ink, you might want to print only a portion of a document, email, or web page. We will discuss different methods of printing segments from a website, document, or email for Mac and Windows users. The print options available to you depend entirely on the application you are using. Learn how to circumvent these limitations by converting webpages, documents, and emails to PDFs.

Printing Selections of a Web page, Doc, or Email

Press Ctrl + P (Windows) or Cmd + P (Mac) to open the Print Preview window.
In the Print Preview window, select the Range or Selection option. In Word, you can also opt to print your current selection or the current page.
Enter the range using commas to separate pages and dashes to designate ranges.

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Printing Selected Content in Word

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This option is available in Microsoft Word for Mac and Windows. Instead of printing an entire Microsoft Word document, select the content or images you wish to print. You can only make one selection at a time.
Mac users can use the shortcut ⌘ Command+P; Windows users can use the shortcut Ctrl+P.

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Mac users can find “Selection” in the “Pages” section; Windows users can find “Print Selection” in the “Settings” section. The preview on the right of the dialog box should only display the text and/or graphics you highlighted.
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Click Print. Your selected text will print.^{[1]
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- If you want to print the entire document, select "All Pages."

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Printing Sections of Web Pages in Chrome, Edge, & Firefox

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If you want to print part of a web page, go to that webpage in Chrome, Safari, Edge, or Firefox now.
This opens the Print window in your browser.
In Chrome and Firefox, click the drop-down next to Pages to find the custom option. In Edge, the range option is generally the last option that shows a blank field.^{[2]
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Enter the desired range of pages. Insert a dash (-) between the first and last pages of a range. Separate individual pages or page ranges with commas.
- Click through the print preview to make sure all of the pages are there.
- For example: “1, 3-5, 10, 17-20” prints pages 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 17, 18, 19, and 20.
- If you want to print a sentence or two, go back to the page and select the text you want to print. Right-click it and select Print. You'll see that only your highlighted text appears in the print preview. Press Print.
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Click Print. The range of pages will now print.
- You can also select all pages to print the entire web page. For more information on this, read How to Print a Webpage on Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox.

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Printing Sections of Web Pages in Safari

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Open the website you want to print in Safari. Safari provides its users with the option to print one page.
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Choose File then Print. You can also type in the shortcut ⌘ Command+P.
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Under "Pages" select Selection or Range. You'll see the same print dialogue for some other programs, like Mail.
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Enter the page range you wish to print or make your selection from the sidebar. A blue check mark on the page's thumbnail means the page will print.
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Click Print. Your selected page(s) will now print.^{[3]
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Printing the Current Page in Word

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You can open a document by going to File > Open or you can right-click on a document in your file manager to open it in Word.
Mac users can use the shortcut ⌘ Command+P; Windows users can use the shortcut Ctrl+P
Mac users will find “Current Page” in the “Pages” section; Windows users will find “Print Current Page” in the “Settings” section. The print preview will only show one page.
Your current page (and only your current page) will print.^{[4]
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Printing Nonconsecutive Pages in Word & Google Docs

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This option is available in Microsoft Word and Google Docs for Mac and Windows. This print feature is useful when you need to print several nonconsecutive sections from a document. The pages do not need to be consecutive.
Mac users can use the shortcut ⌘ Command+P; Windows users can use the shortcut Ctrl+P.
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Select Page Range (Mac) or Custom Print (Windows). This will allow you to use the "Custom" or blank text field to designate which pages to print.
- If you are using Google Docs, click "Custom" next to "Pages."
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Enter the page numbers you would like to print. Separate individual pages or page ranges with commas and place a dash (-) between the first and last pages of a range.
- For example: “1, 3-5, 10, 17-20”, “5, 11-12, 14-16”, or “10, 29”.^{[5]
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- Click through the preview to make sure all of the pages you wish to print are included.
The selected pages will now print.^{[6]
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Printing Parts of Emails in Gmail

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Instead of printing out an entire email conversation, Gmail users can print one message from that thread.
If the email contains more than one thread, go to it.
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Click ⋮. This vertical three-dot menu is in the top right corner of your message in the email chain.
- If you want to print the whole conversation, click the printer icon.
The individual email opens in a new tab, and a print dialog box will appear.
The selected email will print.^{[7]
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Printing Parts of Emails in Outlook

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You can use Outlook on the web or in the desktop client.
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Click File then select Print. Alternatively, Mac users can use the shortcut ⌘ Command+P and Windows users can use the shortcut Ctrl+P.
- You can also select ••• > Print.
You'll be able to see the pages that will print in the preview on the right.
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Select the page you would like to print (if you chose the custom field). Use dashes (-) to separate ranges, and commas (,) to separate pages.
- For example, "1, 3-5, 10" will print pages 1, 3, 4, 5, and 10.
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Click Print. The single page or your selection will print.^{[8]
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- You can also print attachments, entire emails, and calendars.

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Printing Parts of Emails in Apple Mail

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Open the email you would like to print in Apple Mail. You can use Mail on the web or in the desktop client.
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Click File then select Print. Alternatively, Mac users can use the shortcut ⌘ Command+P and Windows users can use the shortcut Ctrl+P.
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Select Range or Selection. If you chose "Selection," use the thumbnails on the left side of your screen to select and deselect pages that you want to print.
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Enter the range of pages you would like to print if you selected "Range." You need to enter a range for the fields "Range from" and "to."
- For example, "Range from 1 to 5" will print pages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Whereas "Range 1 to 2" will only print pages 1 and 2.
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Click Print. The range of pages will print.

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How can I print if my computer will not let me select print?

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Try clicking the right button on your mouse, and see if a print selection will come up.

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Use Windows' Snip tool, this will allow you to capture/crop and save an image of only the section you need (which you can then print).

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If you have a tool like OneNote, you can take snippets or screenshots and then paste them in OneNote. Once you do this, you can right click and transcribe to text.

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