to last page or from last to first page of a document.
Before you click OK in the Print dialog box, make sure that the printer is
switched on and that it has a supply of paper.
Printing from within a program
You can easily print a document from within a program. The document you want
to print must be open, and must be the active window.
1. Choose Print from the File menu.
The Print dialog box appears.
2. Select the options you want in the Print dialog box, then click OK.
After a moment, a status box appears and remains on the screen until printing
is completed. If you want to cancel the print job, press x-period.
Printing shortcuts: You can use the keyboard shortcut x-P to initiate
printing in most programs, and you can press Return instead of clicking OK in
the Print dialog box.
• "Printing While Using the Computer for Other Work" later in this chapter
Printing from the desktop
You can print one or more documents created in the same application program
from the desktop -- without starting the program first.
1. Select the documents you want to print by Shift-clicking their icons.
The group of documents must either be all in the same folder or all at the
main level of the disk directory. If you are not using MultiFinder, the
documents must all be created by the same program.
2. Choose Print from the File menu.
The program starts automatically and the Print dialog box appears.
If the Print dialog box doesn't appear, print from within the program in
which the document was created.
3. Select the options you want in the Print dialog box, then click OK.
The printing status box appears, remaining on the screen until printing is
complete. Then the program closes, and you see the desktop again.
Return key shortcut: You can press Return instead of clicking OK in the
Print dialog box.
• "Printing From Within a Program" immediately preceding this section
Printing a directory of disk or folder contents
You can print a directory of the files in the active window on the desktop.
The printed directory shows the window's entire content, with the files and
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