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How can I make the newspaper text larger in ProQuest's Historical Newspapers?

  • Adobe Reader 6 and above:
    1. Go to the tool bar and select the "Snapshot Tool." Click and drag to select a portion of the document you want to print. Right click on the mouse inside the text box you have drawn (indicated by dotted lines). Select print. The preview will show you what your text selection should look like when printed.
    2. If you have to, select "fit to paper" from the "Page Scaling" drop-down menu.This will enlarge the image to fill most of the page.
    3. Repeat the process for each section of the page you want to print.

  • Adobe Reader 8? and above:
    • As of Adobe Reader 8 (I think), if you can't find the snapshot tool, right-click on the Adobe toolbar, click more tools at the bottom and scroll down to Snapshot Tool. On some versions, click "reset toolbars."
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