Cannot Print Selected Text in WordPad or Paint

Last reviewed: October 11, 1996
Article ID: Q129915

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you select a section of text in Microsoft WordPad or Microsoft Paint so that you can print only the selected text, you find that the Selection option button in the Print dialog box is unavailable and you cannot print only the selected text.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, copy the selected text and paste it into a new document. Print the text from the new document.

KBCategory: kbprint kbtool
KBSubcategory: wpp95 win95
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Last reviewed: October 11, 1996
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