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CSS: Print Style Sheets

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LinkedIn Learning
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Languages

English
Certificate

Certificate Available
Duration & workload

1 hour 54 minutes
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On-Demand

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Learn CSS

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Learn how to improve the user experience of your websites using print style sheets.

Syllabus

Introduction

The value of printable webpages

1. Mechanics of Print-Based CSS

Print style sheets and media queries
Creating a print style sheet and linking it to your document
Creating a print media query
Previewing print style sheets without printing
The pitfalls of using dev tools for previewing printing
Understanding screen, print, aural, and the cascade

2. Best Practices for Print-Based Styling

Best practices for styling for print
Touring your example page
Hiding irrelevant information for print
Changing webpage layouts for print
Overriding styles intended for screen display
Adding print-only information that is hidden from screens
Writing URLs after links and social media icons
Complex media queries for print and page orientation
Challenge
Solution

3. Beautiful Formatting for Print

Understanding paged media and CSS fragmentation properties
Setting printing page breaks
Creating columns within longer documents
Adding hyphenation
Controlling widows and orphans
Using @page to create page margins
Coming soon: Additional @page properties
Challenge
Solution

Conclusion

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Taught by

Jen Kramer

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4.7 rating at LinkedIn Learning based on 32 ratings

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