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Print from Dabble

Sometimes you want your words on paper. A chapter to mark up in red pen, or a clean PDF to email a beta reader. You can print from Dabble in a couple of keystrokes.

Dabble hands the job to your browser. So whatever you have open is what comes out: one scene, one character, or the whole manuscript.

We’ll cover:

  • Before you begin: what actually prints, and how to print just part of your book
  • Steps: send it to a printer or save it as a PDF
  • Tips: print a single scene, or format for submission
  • Troubleshooting: nothing opened? allow pop-ups

Before you begin

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Printing runs through your browser’s own print dialog. So the first move is simple: open the thing you want on paper.

That can be a single scene or chapter, a character or note, or your whole manuscript. Whatever you have open is what prints. Part of the book or all of it, your call.

Steps

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  1. Open the document you want to print.
  2. Press Cmd+P (Mac) or Ctrl+P (Windows).
  3. Dabble opens a print view of your document in a new browser tab and brings up your browser’s print dialog.
  4. To send it to a printer, choose your printer and click Print.
  5. To create a PDF instead, choose Save as PDF as the destination, then save the file.

The print view is just your document as plain, printable text. Your browser’s own dialog opens right on top of it, and that’s where you choose the printer or the PDF.

The Dabble print view open in a new tab: the scene's text laid out as plain black-on-white paragraphs at 12pt, with no app styling around it.

Tips

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  • You can print any document, not just your manuscript. Open a chapter, a scene, a character, or a note, then press the print shortcut to print just that item.
  • The print view is deliberately plain. You get your words at 12pt with your chapters and scenes still in order, not the fonts and spacing you picked in the editor.
  • Want a traditional submission layout? Export to Word with Manuscript Format instead. See Export your manuscript.

Troubleshooting

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Pressed the shortcut and nothing happened? Your browser most likely blocked the new tab as a pop-up. You’ll see this message:

Couldn’t open the print view. Please allow pop-ups for this site and try again.

Allow pop-ups for Dabble in your browser settings, then press Cmd+P or Ctrl+P again.

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