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The amended proof-of-concept page now looks like
Figure 8-7.
Figure 8-7. The finished prototype page, with refinements made
Note that you could combine the idea of adding a print
the whole page link for each section with the earlier suggestion
I made about having the print areas reset to show
all when the mouse passes over a header area (or similar),
for the proverbial “belt-and-braces” approach.
Let’s see it in action, already!
Well, you’ve seen the theory behind the technique and
seen it demonstrated on a basic page, but what about a
practical application of the technique? As I mentioned at
the beginning of the chapter, the inspiration came from a
colleague who was asking about whether an entire page
of interest rates really needed to be printed out when the
person doing the printing is probably interested in only
one part of it. Figure 8-8 shows that page.
Figure 8-8. As you can see, it’s a long page!