Is there Keyboard shortcut to print single page (Current Page)?

[DCP59]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Is there a Keyboard shortcut to print single page (Current Page)?

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]

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

 

[DCP59]

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.

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]

Hello Again;

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.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Jim Gordon Mac MVP]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor:
Intel Is there a Keyboard shortcut to print single page (Current Page)?

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.

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

 

[DCP59]

Thanks Jim. I will try that. I have Office for Business so I assume I will find the application you suggest.

 

[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.

-Jim

 

[Lori McKee]

I am so used to quickly using Ctl+P and then Alt-E to print the current page and now I can't do that in Word.
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.

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 &quot;control P&quot; and then &quot;ALT E&quot; 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 (e-mail address removed)2ac0,

On Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:40 AM CyberTaz wrote:
Hello Again;


On 2/11/10 9:32 AM, in article (e-mail address removed)2ac0,


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