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Topic Overview
Information on how to change the font size when printing discussion threads in Blackboard, as well as other issues related to printing discussion threads in Blackboard.
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The font size used to print discussion threads in Blackboard is determined by the browser you use. |
Steps
How To Print Discussion Boards
- Enter the discussion forum, and select the threads.
- Click Collect.
- Click Print Preview
- A new window will open with the option to print. Select OK.
Firefox
As a first step, reset the selected printer in your Firefox preferences:
- Type about:config in the Location Bar and press Enter. A list of preferences will appear.
- Find the preference print.print_printer (Note: this preference is missing in Firefox profiles where you've never used the printer.)
- Right-click (context-click) that preference and select "Reset".
- Restart Firefox and see if the problem is resolved.
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If you get the warning dialog, "Printing failed when starting the document" and if the print.print_printer preference has no printer shown, either you don't have a printer selected, or Firefox doesn't know it is installed on your system. |
Internet Explorer
Go to the View menu and choose Text size. You can choose from largest to smallest.
Safari
- If using version 3.x, go to the View menu and choose make text bigger
- If using version 4.x, go to the View Menu and choose zoom in.