Mark,

You are partially correct.  MS Word 95 and 97 both will print a selection
with no problems.  MS Word 98 is a MacIntosh product.

Netscape and Wordpad do not allow printing of a selection even though it is
listed on the print dialog.  So it is not a problem with your system but a
problem with the design of the program.

Why is there an option that doesn't work?  You will have to ask the
programmer's who designed the application.  As I said before, the options
which appear in =any= dialog box -- and what they can or can not do -- are
controlled by the program's developer.  This is why each program may
function differently (as in the case of WordPad and Word).

Jim Meagher
=====
Micro Solutions Consulting     Member of The HTML Writers Guild
http://www.ezy.net/~microsol   International Webmasters Association
=====

> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Jim Meagher wrote:
> >
> > Mark's question is very confusing and extremely vague but it
> sounds as if he
> > is talking about an option on the print dialog for some
> un-named program(s).
> > The options that are available in a dialog box within a program are
> > controlled by the program itself.
>
> i don't believe this is 'extremely vague' considering all the programs
> i've printed from have the 'selection' radio button in the print dialog
> box, yet it is hardly ever selectable, even when you highlight a
> selection.  i don't understand why Print Selection would even be an
> option if you can never use it.  my question, then, is how can you use
> it, regardless of whether you're using MS word 98 or wordpad or even
> netscape???
>
> mark simmons
>