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Israel - KAN - Tel Aviv - SFs 14, 16 May - Final 18 May - UK - Michael Rice. (May 2018)

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LS
Lou Scannon
Today is Saturday 18 May 2019.


Thank goodness you're here to tell us the current date, or we'd all have no clue. We're all completely lost, the other 364 days of the year.
RO
rob Founding member
Today is Saturday 18 May 2019. The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Grand Final takes place at the Expo Tel Aviv (International Convention Center), Tel Aviv, Israel tonight, starting at 20:00 BST.


Does it? Haven't seen it advertised anywhere...
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BM
BM11
The Eurovision scorecard on the BBC website don't work. Impossible to print properly. When put into landscape using Firefox it misses off the total box for the entire second half of the contest (replaced with a white strip). On goggle Chrome it's even more useless as Chrome doesn't give you the option to put it in landscape anyway.
Having to handwrite them instead.
I also miss a bit from the front but that is due to the ink being incorrectly fitted in my printer.
Last edited by BM11 on 18 May 2019 10:48am
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JamesWorldNews
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CL
clh
BM11 posted:
The Eurovision scorecard on the BBC website don't work. Impossible to print properly. When put into landscape using Firefox it misses off the total box for the entire second half of the contest (replaced with a white strip). On goggle Chrome it's even more useless as Chrome doesn't give you the option to put it in landscape anyway.
Having to handwrite them instead.
I also miss a bit from the front but that is due to the ink being incorrectly fitted in my printer.


Never heard of the scale to fit page option? Also in Chrome Ctrl+Shift+P gives you the system print dialogue which gives you landscape options.

The BBC clearly can't do anything right for some.
BM
BM11
clh posted:
BM11 posted:
The Eurovision scorecard on the BBC website don't work. Impossible to print properly. When put into landscape using Firefox it misses off the total box for the entire second half of the contest (replaced with a white strip). On goggle Chrome it's even more useless as Chrome doesn't give you the option to put it in landscape anyway.
Having to handwrite them instead.
I also miss a bit from the front but that is due to the ink being incorrectly fitted in my printer.


Never heard of the scale to fit page option? Also in Chrome Ctrl+Shift+P gives you the system print dialogue which gives you landscape options.

The BBC clearly can't do anything right for some.

I will try that later when my dad goes out (Printer not wireless sadly).
Where do I find scale to fit page option?
And I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the scorescard to be easily printable not somthing that requires decent IT skills to solve.
Last edited by BM11 on 18 May 2019 12:11pm
CL
clh
BM11 posted:

Where do I find scale to fit page option?

You have to open properties. When printing in Firefox it is to the right of your printer name (Firefox uses the normal print dialongue).

Normally, printers are set to shrink to output size be default (this keeps things simple for consumers). If it is turned off, it's usually been done intentionally by the user.

Anyway, pres related, its sad not to see Reith on that scorecard
BA
bilky asko
BM11 posted:
clh posted:
BM11 posted:
The Eurovision scorecard on the BBC website don't work. Impossible to print properly. When put into landscape using Firefox it misses off the total box for the entire second half of the contest (replaced with a white strip). On goggle Chrome it's even more useless as Chrome doesn't give you the option to put it in landscape anyway.
Having to handwrite them instead.
I also miss a bit from the front but that is due to the ink being incorrectly fitted in my printer.


Never heard of the scale to fit page option? Also in Chrome Ctrl+Shift+P gives you the system print dialogue which gives you landscape options.

The BBC clearly can't do anything right for some.

I will try that later when my dad goes out (Printer not wireless sadly).
Where do I find scale to fit page option?
And I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the scorescard to be easily printable not somthing that requires decent IT skills to solve.


The file is a PDF. Download it and open it with Adobe Acrobat Reader, and use the scaling options with that if necessary.

However, I'm not sure how you're having problems in Chrome - when I set the printer and click "Fit to page", it takes into account the border of my printer's output and scales it to fit.

(N.B. I am using Opera but I believe the print dialogue is the same as Chrome).
BM
BM11
Tried fit to page and that doesn't solve it. Have downloaded Adobe but can't get the scorescard to load in it.
BM
BM11
Have printed it the other way so it misses most of the names but not the place to put the scores in - cant get it anymore accurate than that.
I use A4 paper - is that the fault? I really am not one for technology.
Will put in a complaint to the BBC because I do think it needs better explanations on there - there is a assumption of IT skills beyond what many people have
Last edited by BM11 on 18 May 2019 1:59pm
BM
BM11
Bingo. Got it all printed. Gives a fair bit of white space but everything is on there.
UK
UKnews
BM11 posted:

Will put in a complaint to the BBC because I do think it needs better explanations on there - there is a assumption of IT skills beyond what many people have.

I don't think you're going to get far with that complaint, think you'll be in a pretty small field. Don't think it exactly requires complex IT skills to print a PDF. I've managed to open it in a web browser and in PDF reader in about 3 clicks, and been offered a print preview that (had I a printer to hand) shows me it'd have printed exactly what I'd expect it to. Its not the BBCs fault I'm afraid, its yours.

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