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Note that we are unable to give instructions for all web browsers. These operations are fairly standardised, so even if your web browser is not listed here it is likely to follow similar procedures to one that is.

To print a document

  • [Firefox] Download the document (see next item) and print it from your word processor or PDF viewer, or select File -> Print from the menu.
  • [Microsoft Internet Explorer]: Right click a [Printable version] link at the top of the document (e.g. [Printable RTF version], [Printable PDF version] or [Printable version]) and select Print Target. If there is no Printable version link, simply right click anywhere on the document and select Print.

To download a document

  • Right click a [Printable version] link at the top of the document (e.g. [Printable RTF version], [Printable PDF version] or [Printable version]) and select Save Target As (or Save Link As). If there is no Printable version link, select Save As (or Save Page As) from the File menu at the top of your browser.

To print/download from a document list

  • Right click on the View plain HTML link (see example below), to print/download document without search terms highlighted, then select Print Target, Save Target As or Save Link As.
    e.g. Foster Bryant Surveying Ltd v Bryant & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 200 (13 March 2007) (View plain HTML)
  • If your search terms are not highlighted (see example below), simply right click on the document title link, then select Print Target or Save Target As (/Save Link As)
    e.g. Foster Bryant Surveying Ltd v Bryant & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 200 (13 March 2007) (Highlight Search Terms)

To print a section of a document, e.g. a section of legislatio

  • [Microsoft Internet Explorer] Highlight the text you wish to print (by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the curser over the text), then release the mouse button and select Print from the File menu at the top of your browser. When the print window opens, click the radio button for "Selection" to send the selected text to your printer.

To print/download a series of selected passages from one or more documents

  • Open a word processing document, highlight text (by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the curser over the text), and copy (ctrl-C) and paste (ctrl-V) each section of text from the browser window into the document. Then save/print that document.
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