時尚雙語:網頁打印，隨心所欲 Printing Parts Of The Web

There's no denying the Web's value as a resource, but the temptation to quickly navigate from one site to the next makes it challenging to remember where the content was found.

網絡的資源價值毋庸置疑，但人們在上網時習慣於很快從一個網站跳到另一個網站，很難記住具體內容是在哪個網站找到的。

A query on hotels in Italy might lead you to select a link about Florence, then two links about Michelangelo and four links to Italian Renaissance art. Suddenly, the home page for a carefully researched hotel is forgotten. It's especially tough to backtrack through research using new sites with rich Web 2.0 features that display extra data directly within a Web page.

在網上搜尋意大利的飯店時，你可能會看到一個關於佛羅倫薩的連接，兩個關於米開朗基羅的連接，四個關於意大利文藝復興的連接。突然之間，你會找不到自己想看的飯店網頁。如果你使用的瀏覽器有Web 2.0的功能，直接在網頁中顯示額外信息的話，那麼回過頭來尋找瀏覽過的網頁變得尤其困難。

Some people try to organize Web research by opening Microsoft Word documents alongside their browsers. They copy and paste data from sites into the documents, but this is usually a messy process that traps users into wasting time fixing formats and deleting ads. Others press Print whenever a helpful site appears, resulting in wasted paper and ink. Savvier users create folders within their Web browsers that hold multiple URLs about a research topic, but these data can't easily be shared or printed for use away from the PC.

有些人一邊上網一邊打開微軟(Microsoft)的Word軟件，以此規劃自己的網絡瀏覽記錄。他們把網站的數據複製到Word文檔中，但這是個煩人的過程，用戶經常不得不浪費時間去調整格式和刪除廣告。有些人在找到想要的網頁後就選擇打印，但造成紙張和油墨的浪費。有經驗的用戶在瀏覽器中創建文件夾，存儲關於其研究課題的各種網絡鏈接，但這些數據很難與別人共享，身邊沒有電腦也很難打印出來。

There's a better way, and this week I took it for a spin. I tested the HP Smart Web Printing Software, a free program from Hewlett-Packard Co. that aims to help users compile a virtual clip book of content from Web sites while they're browsing, within the same window. Using a tool in the browser, users highlight and copy images and text from a Web page and add them to the clip book. These clips can be edited, enhanced, saved as a PDF or printed out, without excess banner ads or sidebars.

還有一個更好的辦法，這星期我嘗試了一下。我測試了惠普公司(Hewlett-Packard Co.)推出的“惠普智能網頁打印軟件”(HP Smart Web Printing Software)。這款免費程序旨在幫助用戶建立一個能管理網頁內容的虛擬剪貼簿，並在一個窗口內即可完成這些工作。利用內嵌在瀏覽器中的工具，用戶可以選擇網頁文本和圖片，將其複製到剪貼簿上。剪貼內容可以編輯，整理，保存爲PDF文件或打印出來，使用戶免受條幅廣告和邊框內容的困擾。

I tried a version of this program that will be available for download at the end of next month from It improves on the first version of the program (available now using the same URL) in various ways, including allowing you to add your own text to the clip book and crop clip-book items.

我試用的這個版本在2007年10月末就能從下載到。它在最初版本（現已能在上述網站下載到）的基礎上做了很多改進，包括允許用戶自己添加文本到剪貼簿，並編輯剪貼簿的各項內容等。

HP Smart Web Printing Software isn't without its quirks: It only works on Windows computers, not Macs, and only with Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0. Not everything copies over to the clip book perfectly. Also, typed-in text has its limits: changing the font type, size or color of one word changes all words in the text box.

惠普智能網頁打印軟件也有其弱點：它只能在使用Windows操作系統的電腦上運行，不兼容Mac機；只能配合微軟的IE6.0和7.0瀏覽器；並非所有內容都可完美地剪貼過去；輸入文本也有限制，改變一個單詞的字體、大小或顏色時，該文本框中的所有文字都會同樣改變。

But all in all, I found this smart program to be a real boon. It's unobtrusive enough to stay hidden until used, and you'll remember how it works even if you only use the program once in a while. It functions as a printing assistant, helping to send certain sections of a Web site to the printer, and it will also save whatever you're working on as a PDF -- the universal format for sharing with others.

但總的來說，我覺得這個智能程序大有用武之地。它並不張揚，只有使用時才顯露身影；即使不經常用它，你也能記得如何操作；它是你的打印助手，能把要打印的網頁內容輸出到打印機；還能把選中的內容保存爲PDF文件──這是一種與他人共享文件的通用格式。

H-P likes to tout its HP Smart Web Printing Software's environmentally friendly qualities, namely its ability to print just what you want, without wasting ink or paper on extra pages that would otherwise print. But make no mistake about it: This product, while helping users not to print extra items from Web sites, still encourages users to print, thus helping H-P sell more of its high-margin ink and paper.

惠普公司大力宣傳該軟件的環保特性，比如它可以有選擇地打印你想要的內容，這樣一來便可節省油墨和紙張。不過，我們也要清醒地意識到：這個產品雖然便於用戶少打印無用的網頁內容，卻會鼓勵用戶多打印文件，從而幫助惠普公司銷售更多高額利潤的打印機墨盒和紙張。

I used the program to trim content from Web sites, printing more of what I wanted to read in fewer pages. I focused on this program's clip-book functionality, which works as a bare-bones virtual scrapbook to organize research.

我利用該軟件整理網頁內容，以便在打印我想看的資料時減少用紙。我更看重的是這款軟件的剪貼功能，它就像一本 素的剪貼簿，便於用戶整理各類研究內容。

I downloaded and used the newest version of this free program on computers running Windows Vista and XP operating systems. I came across a few items that, when highlighted and moved over to the clip book, didn't actually move, but most of the text and image clips moved without a problem. H-P explained that some images are rendered on Web sites in such a way so as to not be copied for copyright and protection purposes.

我下載了這款免費軟件的最新版本，在使用Windows Vista和Windows XP操作系統的兩臺電腦上分別進行測試。在將網頁內容複製到剪貼簿上時，我遇到有幾項內容無法移動的情況，但大多數文本和圖片都能順利剪貼。惠普公司解釋說，網頁上有些照片使用了知識產權保護技術，因此無法正常複製。

A small HP Smart Select icon appears in the Internet Explorer command bar after this program is downloaded; selecting it toggles its highlighting capability on or off. By default, the clip book is hidden from view, but a quick change in settings opens this on the right edge of the Internet Explorer window.

安裝該軟件後，IE瀏覽器的命令欄上多了一個“惠普智能選擇”(HP Smart Select)的圖標，點擊它便能開啓或關閉其網頁內容選擇功能。軟件將剪貼簿默認爲隱藏狀態，但通過簡單設置就能讓剪貼簿出現在IE窗口的右邊。

The HP Smart Web Printing program proved useful for online-shopping research. I've been gathering a lot of information from various Web sites to find a special new handbag for work, including which bag is sold where, how much it costs and what it looks like.

經過試用，我覺得該軟件對網上購物很有用處。我想買一款適合上班用的手提包，在許多網站上搜集信息，包括手提包的樣式、銷售商和價格等。

When I saw a bag that interested me, I selected it by holding the left mouse button down and moving my cursor over the text or image. Releasing the left mouse button automatically opens a tiny drop-down menu with two simple options: clip (place in the clip book) or print (send directly to the printer). Items that I clipped were moved into the right panel clip book in order of most recently added items at the top.

當我看上一款手提包時，就按住鼠標左鍵不放，用光標箭頭選擇想要的文本和圖片，鬆開鼠標左鍵後系統會自動彈出一個小菜單，有兩個簡單選擇：剪貼（放入剪貼簿）或打印（直接輸出至打印機）。選擇剪貼的內容都被放入窗口右側的剪貼簿，最新的內容放在最上面。

A helpful checkbox appeared beside each item in the clip book; items without checkmarked boxes weren't visible when I edited clips. Within the editing screen, I dragged and dropped images around the page, organizing bags in ascending price order. I resized photos to make them smaller or larger and cropped a couple shots such as an image of a black leather bag with an unrelated text description below it.

剪貼簿中每項內容的旁邊都有一個點選框，這個功能很有用。編輯剪貼簿時，所有未點選的內容都不會顯示出來。在編輯窗口，我能隨意改變圖片的位置，按價格給手提包排序，改變一些圖片的大小，刪掉一些內容，比如一張黑皮包圖片下面的文字描述就與它風馬牛不相及。

I filled the equivalent of two clip-book pages with images of bags and brief descriptions of each, copied directly from store sites. I added my own text boxes in to write my impressions. As I worked, opening the edit screen and closing it to return to the browser, I clicked on a simple Save button so my work wouldn't be lost each time I closed this screen. When finished, I selected one button to save the document as a PDF, which I could email to friends for their feedback on which bag they liked best.

我在剪貼簿中複製了整整兩頁手提包的圖片和介紹，都是直接從網上商店剪貼過來的，然後又加入文本框，寫上自己對每件產品的感覺。在關閉編輯窗口回到瀏覽器時，我點擊一個簡單易見的保存圖標，免得失去剪貼簿的內容。一切完成後，我再點擊一個按鍵，將剪貼簿存爲PDF文件，把它發給朋友，問問他們最喜歡哪一款。

In another test, I assembled a clip book filled with various news blurbs about presidential campaigns from online sites including and before printing a single page that included bits and pieces from each in a neat format without ads on the page.

在另一個測試中，我把關於總統大選的許多新聞報導複製到剪貼簿中，資料來源於各大網站，包括和等，然後打印出一頁紙來，上面羅列着有用的信息，樣式簡單清晰，沒有任何廣告。

I also tried organizing a few maps in the clip book; these copied from Google Maps and Yahoo Maps without a problem, and in one instance I cropped a map to include just the section of Manhattan where The Wall Street Journal is located.

我還嘗試在剪貼簿中整理幾張從Google Maps和Yahoo Maps複製過來的地圖，過程也很順利，有一張地圖我只選擇了《華爾街日報》所在的曼哈頓區，也沒出現問題。

The more I used this program, the more I wished it offered the ability to work with two clip books at once. For instance, if I was planning a trip and was researching hotels and tourist attractions at the same time, I could clip the hotel data into one book and store the touristy information in the other.

隨着使用該軟件的次數增多，我越來越希望它能提供同時打開兩個剪貼簿的功能。舉例而言，如果我想規劃自己的旅遊，同時搜尋飯店和旅遊景點的信息，那麼就可以把飯店信息複製到一個剪貼簿，而把景點信息複製到另一個剪貼簿。

H-P says it will release a version of this program for Mozilla's Firefox browser sometime in the next six months, and it also hopes to introduce a version that is compatible with Apple's Safari browser within a year.

惠普公司表示，它將在半年內推出一款適用於Mozilla公司Firefox瀏覽器的版本，並希望能在一年內推出適用於蘋果公司(Apple Inc.)Safari瀏覽器的版本。

The HP Smart Web Printing program is a useful free solution that organizes online research right in your browser. Its ability to modify and preview documents before printing is also a help .

惠普智能網頁打印軟件是一款用處很大的免費軟件，能把網上看到的有用內容直接在瀏覽器中進行剪貼，而且它的編輯和打印預覽功能也頗有用處。