Uhm... The screenshot / print screen button?
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AnthonyCG wrote:
It sounds like a nice idea, but it would be tough to get working. They'd need some sort of plugin that could change FEN into jpgs on the fly - sounds complicated. And then they'd need something to format the PGN into a readable word document format and not just smacked on the page. Some of the best programs aren't good at that and the ones that are aren't good with diagrams. Go figure.
For the time being there is one lightweight program that's good for this.
Wait - don't leave yet!
There we go.
Ok it's called chesscat. It's a small chess app for newspaper editing and is great for this sort of thing. You can put in notations, paste on word processors and put in diagrams however you like. The only setback is that you'll have to play with the margins to get it looking just right but it's still a great little app to have.
Thanx for the link, I downloaded. Just one question, the diagrams seem to be in ASCI format, (ie not a picture) Am I missing something?
Hmm, tried that, still looks like this in my print preview:
Ah, ok.
I thought it would create a ready to print page.
For creating diagrams, this is also good, been using it for years:
http://www.rebel.nl/epd2diag.htm
UGGGHHHH! Sounds like too much work. 
Would be hilarious if there was an option to print out a flip book of a game
Feb 28, 2010
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#8
Will CB light 2009 do this for you?
I use CB light to record my games every few moves; I'll see if it prints too.
Go to the Chessbase site and it is a free download.
Feb 28, 2010
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#9
It will print too.
The version I am using is Chessbase light 2007; I use it to record my moves, insert diagrams and it will print out the game.
The latest version is CB light 2009; I've not looked at the newer version.
Hope this is useful.
Feb 28, 2010
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#10
I have just downloaded the latest version, CBlight 2009. There is a fee to pay if you want all the features but for recording your games, inserting diagrams and printing off; looking very professional too!
ok I downloaded chessbase light, but is there a way of importing PGN files or do you have to type out every move?
when you download the PGN file, it will either automatically open in chessbase, or it will ask you what program to open it with...just open with chessbase and you are there.
thanks I'll try it!
It worked!, Thanks, verrrrryyyy cooool!
Any modern chess book is written using a program called latex. It's kind of a word editor, but way better than Word. To insert a diagram you only need to input the FEN.
Aug 6, 2010
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So, how do you print your position? Do you have to copy the Fen and go to another program? When you allow this reflection time, you MUST allow a print of the position!
rooperi,
I am sorry for your frustration. Chesscat uses a custom font to render diagrams for printing. The install program will unpack the font, but the intall program does not install the font, and in hindsight I should have done that. But as it stands now, you must install the font for the diagrams (i.e. picitres of the chess pieces) to actually appear. The font is called ccatdiag.ttf, and you willfind it in the folder where ChessCat is installed. The file readme.txt, also found in the folder where ChessCat is installed, tells how to install the font. Also, the help file gives some suggestions for printing diagrams. Hope this helps, and best wishes.
Tony Essman
I think it would be a good Idea if there was a button next to games you played where it would print out a diagram of the game and a move list on a sheet of paper so you could just put it in a note book, or maybe save it as a Word document so we could keep them on our computers without having to need a chess program to open them up.