How do I customize the print layout of a SharePoint list item?

Question

i need to be able to produce a "pretty" printout of an individual list item's values, with the goals being:

• get rid of all navigation
• organize data as it would appear on a typical paper form (a customer requirement)

i'm avoiding using InfoPath at this time due to other issues (which i'll post separate questions for...)

for example, i have an individual list item that normally displays similar to the following DispForm.aspx example:

i need a printed version (PrintForm.aspx??) that will display similar to the following example:

from what i can tell, i can't do this just by modifying/creating custom CSS.

it also seems that i can't quite do this just by creating my own "print" version of DispForm.aspx.

any suggestions, ideas, links would be very helpful.

Answer 1

Creating a custom list form is probably what you want. Without the master page attached to it or anything.

You can find a walkthrough here that will get you started:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA101191111033.aspx

Enjoy.