Documents with the PDF extension allow you to store, among other things, data from websites, including links and basic design styles. In this article, we will take a closer look at the current methods of saving site pages in this format.
Duplicating the content of a web page into a PDF file is possible only in a few ways, which are reduced to using Internet browsers or programs for Windows. We will cover both options.
Method 1: Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
Software Adobe acrobat is an the best remedy work with PDF-files, allowing you to open and edit previously created documents. In our case, the program will also be very useful, since you can create a new PDF by downloading a web page from the Internet.
Note: All PDF creation features are paid, but you can use a free trial or early version programs.
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- Open Adobe Acrobat and c home page go to tab "Tools".
- Click on the signature icon "Create PDF".
- From the options presented, select "Webpage".
- In field "Enter a URL or select a file" paste the link to the page on the site that you want to convert to a document with the PDF extension.
- Check the box "Convert multiple levels" if you need to download several pages or the entire site.
- Click on the link « Additional settings»
to change the basic parameters of the future PDF file.
In the tab "Are common" you can select the settings to convert.
Chapter "Page Layout" allows you to change the style of the site after importing into a PDF document.
- When you have finished preparing, click "Create".
In the window "Download status" you can track the process of downloading files from the Internet. The import speed depends on the number and complexity of the elements on the site using the specified link.
This will present the content downloaded and assembled into a PDF page.
Preservation
The main advantage of the method is that all links located on the loaded page remain functional. Moreover, all graphic elements are added without loss of quality.
Method 2: Web Browser
Every modern Internet browser, regardless of the developer, allows you to use the built-in page printing facility. Also, thanks to this feature, web pages can be saved to PDF documents with the original design and arrangement of elements.
If you plan to continue reading a web page offline, or want to capture the current state of the content, you should save it.
To export the page with all its contents to the device memory, one of two formats is selected: HTML or PDF. In the case of the first, it is saved as an HTML document and a folder with additional files... When you choose PDF, you get a single document with all content.
In most situations, it is more convenient to work with a PDF file. It can be annotated in special readers and is easier to share with other people.
Using a standard browser function
Many popular browsers allow you to save pages as PDFs via the print menu. Enter it, being on the desired page, using the combination Ctrl + P. After that, find the function of saving to PDF in the menu that opens and use it. The browser will not print anything, it will only save the PDF file to your computer.
Print in menu Google chrome
This method is not without its drawbacks. For example, web pages are often saved without links or with broken formatting. If this is critical for you, use any suitable web service.
In a special service
There are many sites on the web that are dedicated to saving web pages as PDF files. Here are just a few of them: Webpage to PDF, Free HTML to PDF Converter, Pdfcrowd, Online PDF Converter, Online-Convert.
They all work pretty much the same way. Open any service, paste the link to desired page into its text box and click on the download button. After that, the service will save the PDF file to the device.
Webpage to PDF service The layout of the pages converted in this way may differ from the original. But basic formatting, as well as images and links, are preserved. In addition, such services can be used both on a computer and on a mobile device.
The Internet is one of the main modern information resources where users get their information from. All the latest news are posted there, many resources are registered that are designed to entertain, educate and even sometimes corrupt users.
Presentation of information in PDF format
Often, many people try to save information on their computer and subsequently use it for their own purposes (reading, printing, changing). The format in which the information is presented conveniently and with the help of additional software is available for editing - PDF. In this format, the web page in full or in part can be saved to your computer. Depending on the browser, this can be done either using plugins that may already be integrated into the browser, or using additional converters.
Let's consider several options for the most popular browsers.
How it works in Google Chrome
Today Google Chrome is one of the most popular Internet browsers. The positive thing about using this software lies in the presence of integrated plugins. In our case, this is a function to save the content of a web resource directly to PDF format.
To activate this option, you need to open the required page, press either the combination CTRL keys+ P or the following sequence: Google Chrome control - Print. As a result, a dialog box will open in which you will be asked to select desired device for print. However, among the options offered, instead of a printer, the option "Save as PDF" is selected and the desired location for storing the file is selected.
The principle of saving web resources in the Mozilla Firefox browser
The browser difference Mozilla Firefox from google browser Chrome is that Mozilla does not have any "native" add-ons at its disposal. Accordingly, there is no way to directly save the page without any additional manipulations and installations. Fortunately for this browser there is a plugin that can be found freely available and installed on workstation... It is called Printpdf. It is safely added to the Internet browser and is then available for use after restarting Mozilla Firefox.
To save a web page using this add-in, you need to select the menu "File" / "File" in the browser and then select the item "Save as PDF" / "Print to PDF". The Printpdf plugin can be configured to save any block of the site separately. This is done in the menu "Tool" - "Add-ons".
Save a web resource through the Opera browser
Opera is also still a popular program, albeit requiring an increased amount of internal computer resources (RAM and video memory). Every day, new extensions appear for almost every browser. Opera is no exception. The Web to PDF add-in is free converter, which can also be easily added to your application and actively used. After adding and rebooting at the top working panel a button will appear by clicking on which the open web page will be saved in the desired format.
Working with Microsoft Internet Explorer
How can you bypass the "old" Explorer. For him, plugins have also recently been, but nothing like this has yet been provided for saving in PDF format... But to help in the question of how to save the page to pdf, the universal UDP document converter can easily help. This third party utility, which is perceived by the system as a printer, but stores web resources in the desired format. It works well with all browsers, including Internet Explorer... Of course, there are many other converters that convert documents into various formats, but UDP is considered the most advanced and easiest to use. The software component itself is absolutely not resource-demanding and is called operating system only during conversion.
Let's sum up
Summing up the above, we can say that literally all popular browsers support the function of saving the content of a web resource using various application programs without any problems. This feature makes browsers more productive and useful for the user.
While surfing the web, many of us regularly come across interesting web resources that contain useful and informative articles. If one article attracted your attention, and you, for example, want to save it to your computer for the future, then the page can easily be saved in PDF format.
PDF is a popular format that is often used for storing documents. Dignity this format is the fact that the text and pictures contained in it will certainly retain their original formatting, which means that you will never have problems when printing a document or displaying it on any other device. That is why many users want to save web pages opened in Mozilla browser Firefox.
Below we will consider two ways to save a page as PDF, one of which is standard, and the second involves the use of additional software.
Method 1: using standard Mozilla Firefox tools
Fortunately, the Mozilla Firefox browser allows by standard means, without using any additional tools, save the pages of interest to your computer in PDF format. This procedure will take place in a few simple steps.
1. Go to the page that will later be exported to PDF, click in the upper right area of the Firefox window on the browser menu button, and then select the item "Seal" .
2. The window for adjusting the print settings will appear on the screen. If you are satisfied with all the default configured data, in the upper right corner, click on the button "Seal" .
3. In the block "A printer" near point "Name" choose Microsoft Print to PDF and then click the button "OK" .
4. Next, the screen will display windows explorer, in which you will need to specify the name for the PDF file, as well as specify its location on the computer. Save the resulting file.
Method 2: using the Save as PDF extension
Some Mozilla Firefox users note that they do not have the ability to select a PDF printer, which means that they can use in a standard way it is not possible for them. In this case, a special browser add-on Save as PDF will be able to help out.
This, in fact, is all.
I once wrote on a blog about how from text document create pdf file... Then I talked about the program - this is the so-called virtual printer, with which you can create a pdf-format document from almost any application that supports the function of printing. But recently PrimoPDF let me down: it took save in format PDF page site, but the program was unable to do so. There was no time to understand the reasons, and I immediately found an alternative to it in the form of a small and free program doPDF.
doPDF- this is the same PDF printer, but I liked it more than the aforementioned PrimoPDF. The program works very quickly, without glitches and freezes.
So, you can download doPDF. Then we install it on the computer: nothing complicated, everything is as usual.
Now we open the browser and go to the site page that we want to convert to a pdf file.
Then, in the browser menu bar, click the "File" - "Print" button. Select as a printer doPDF- "OK": 
A window will appear in which you need to choose which folder to save the resulting pdf file to. Click “OK” here and your web page will be immediately saved in PDF format: 
