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How to Collect Text from several web pages and Print as One Document

There are several ways to do this, but this is the best way for me.  It is based on Windows XP but adaptable.  The basic process is to copy the text from the browser page, paste it into a text editor, and then print the document from there.
   1. Open your web browser and go to the first page you want to print.
   2. Open a text editor or word processor program (I use WordPad; comes on all Windows
        PCs). 
        If it's not an icon on your Desktop, then you can find it by picking Start, Programs,
        Accessories, WordPad.
   3. In your browser, select (highlight) the text of the title/header of the article, and press
        <Ctrl-C> (or right-click & pick Copy).
   Note: It's usually better to first transfer the title of the article/page, then come back and
        transfer the body of the text.  Otherwise you often catch extraneous stuff that's on the
        web page.
   4. Pick in your WordPad window, at the location where you want the selected text to start,
        and then press <Ctrl-V> (or right-click & pick Paste).
   5. Repeat steps 3 & 4 to copy the body of the article.  I usually also copy the URL of the
        article (from the address bar) so I can give others a link to the article.
   Note:  WordPad does not initially receive graphics from a Copy operation.  To copy a
        graphic, go to the web page and right-click on the graphic, then pick the Copy Image
        item, then pick in WordPad at the target location, and press <Ctrl-V>.  You can then
        adjust the size of the copied graphic.  The graphic will be in in-line format, which means
        there is limited freedom to place it on the page - it's treated like a large text character.
   6. Save the WordPad document.  I usually 1st select the title of the article and paste it in as
        the filename.  You may need to change certain characters (like colons) to hyphens to
        make a "legal" filename.
   7. Delete any extraneous items (like ads, sidebars, etc) from your document, and add
        desired line feeds, bolding, underlining, font/size changes, etc., and save again.    If you
        only want this page, then skip to step 9.
   8. If you want to add another article to your document, then repeat steps 3 - 7 for each
        article.  I usually put a line of hyphens or equal signs between articles.
   9. When your desired document is complete and edited, just print it.