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Comment from Leah on 2012-01-31

2012-01-31T18:14:53Z

I tried the save as pdf option and it worked great. I was flubbing around, wondering how to use the information stored somewhere/somehow for the purpose of printing to produce an image and since I never make PDFs, I wouldn't have thought of this. You're pretty much my hero. Thanks!

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Comment from Arthur on 2011-01-23

2011-01-23T21:41:27Z

Not just helpful responses but in clear easy to follow language. Giving an idea of how things work. Even if the info is a bit off for a specific situation, you can now google for a better search and find what you exactly need. A very smart site. I'm very savvy, but couldn't match Leo.
Yet I have to add something to this post. Since 1995 I've been downloading everything on a site. css, pics, everything. Locally it looks the same and has the same code. Nothing works perfectly but these site down-loaders are a necessity. Do a search like "Save entire website", and find software like HTTrack or one of the many others.
Also this site would be friendlier if "preview" of a comment wasn't wiped. Not a biggie.
- Arthur

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Comment from robal on 2011-01-11

2011-01-11T15:53:07Z

tried the control + a on page i wanted to copy and THIS page and NEITHER time did it work - i have never ever worked on any computer where those types of commands actually ... like the oxymoron they are called ... function.

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Comment from Zurdo on 2010-12-12

2010-12-12T21:12:45Z

thank you, the following worked for me:
CTRL A
CTRL C
CTRL V

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Comment from Jim on 2010-09-12

2010-09-12T09:52:42Z

PicPick--Google it--It is a screen capture software. If all you are trying to do is save a statement for archival purposes you can use this to capture the page as an image. It will even auto scroll the page for you. You can save in multiple image formats as well. I use it regularly for bank statements, bills paid online, etc.

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Comment from Charlie, Inside Deepest Central Maryland... on 2010-07-13

2010-07-13T19:45:13Z

After reading Leo's answers to an awesomely bewildering array of questions for a couple of years now, it seems to be a miracle that the machines we call "computers" actually work at all. These infinite variations of just about everything so far conceived.

I accept that timing the competition, turf guarding, copyright and such all enter into this complexity, but I wonder if there isn't a better way out of, and away from, all of these endless questions that are created each time something "new" is created?

These are such a Babel.

Yes, I've read the article at the top of the page, that's what has provoked this question.

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Comment from Casey on 2010-05-26

2010-05-26T18:09:48Z

Thanks so much for the "print to pdf" tip. Much better than "Shift Print Screen". Thanks!

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Comment from Shawn on 2010-05-25

2010-05-25T20:13:15Z

I am trying to copy a page I made myself so that I can read and edit the text areas later.

I made an interactive web page that has tons of text areas and boxes that can be edited from the same page. Is there anyway to actually copy the exact content?

P.S. I was successful in "saving as" with firefox, but the place I created it for uses Internet Explorer, where I haven't gotten to work yet.

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Comment from Garvey Liu on 2010-05-09

2010-05-09T08:11:58Z

Hi Leo,
Our product CaptureSaver is going to change all that. In fact, CaptureSaver will do you one better.

If you can see it on the internet, you can use CaptureSaver to store it in your own personal, off-line, information storage area -- or shall we say,library!

Please check out it at: http://www.capturesaver.com/

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Comment from Neville Franks on 2010-03-24

2010-03-25T05:27:41Z

Hi Leo,
The methods you mention here work, but leave a lot to be desired for anyone who is serious about capturing web content and using that information to research specific topics. For this you really need tools that not just let you capture and save content, but let you add notes, edit the content, organize it (trees, tags etc.), quickly find it again and potentially share it with friends and colleagues.

There are a variety of applications available which do this very well, including our product Surfulater. I won't start rattling off all if its features here but suggest that anyone who is interested grab our free trial from http://www.surfulater.com And please do contect me if I can help with anything.

Neville Franks

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Comment from Akash on 2010-02-12

2010-02-12T16:12:47Z

Hi Leo,

Is there any free software that allows me to save webpages as a virtual book? Which I can organize by chapters etc. Instead of copy pasting everything to word etc.

Thanks
Akash

Not that I'm aware of.

13-Feb-2010

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Comment from Matt on 2009-11-04

2009-11-05T00:14:51Z

Use UnMHT with FireFox. Works EVERY time unlike the ever frustrating IE with the often messages of "this webpage could not be saved" with no reason why. I like IE - but MS is forcing me to use FF after not having solved this basic feature after all these YEARS.

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Comment from Roger on 2009-10-04

2009-10-05T03:03:33Z

If you're actually trying to copy the entire web page, even the part that is not displayed on the screen unless you scroll down, there are programs [ie FireShot (IE and Firefox) and Screengrab (Firefox)] that will allow you to do this very easily.

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Comment from Bdubs on 2009-05-19

2009-05-19T21:27:41Z

It cut my last comment off? Anyway Go to favorites find the site already have to have book marked it, then right click it, select make available offline and then select how many levels etc. GREAT!

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Comment from Bdubs on 2009-05-19

2009-05-19T21:25:19Z

Found it...(seems under FAVORITEs (at least in IE 6 - haven't checked IE7

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Comment from Bdubs on 2009-05-19

2009-05-19T20:20:53Z

I am having a brain fart here. Years ago I used to use a SAVE feature that let me select the number of levels deep to go....I used it to work offline and save me dial up speed and time. Had to becarefull that I didn't do too many levels as it would download pages from the links etc (got exponentially larger).... BUT I COULD SWEAR that was built into Internet Explorer??? Version 5 or ??? Was it not?

I can say for sure that it wasn't a paid program, it was free and easy to do. I can't for the life of me remember where or what it was if not IE 5> PLEASE HELP

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Comment from Scot on 2009-02-28

2009-02-28T12:49:44Z

So now I understand how to save one page on a website, but what if I want to save the entire website. I am going to use file> save all (including images).
Thanks

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Comment from MANDER on 2008-11-04

2008-11-04T18:19:56Z

I have to do mark ups on new web page design and use multiple monitors. Best way I found of copying a page and putting it to PDF or Powerpoint is to have the web page active and key Alt+Print Screen then key Ctrl+V to paste it to your end source.

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Comment from Ed on 2008-10-21

2008-10-21T07:33:11Z

PDF is not a proprietary standard it is an open standard that was officially published on July 1, 2008 by the ISO as ISO 32000-1:2008.
As for printing to pdf on Windows Vista I recommend Smart PDF Converter. One can manipulate the output pdf the same way as he/she can change printer settings for 'usual' paper printer

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Comment from Leon Soles on 2008-09-08

2008-09-09T00:58:05Z

With XP Home and XP Pro I use the Print Screet key. That copies the web page or whatever you are trying to save or print a copy of. Then you can paste it into WordPad or whatever wordprocessor you have. I just tried it with Leo's Home Page and came out with what looked like me to be a perfect copy.

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Comment from rajender on 2008-08-12

2008-08-12T11:35:35Z

This Web Page Could not be saved ? I am also wont to Apply This Code For My Web Page.But I dont have code for my web page Please give me solution & Source Code.

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Comment from Brian Kusumawan on 2008-07-08

2008-07-08T14:23:38Z

I've tried to use PDF Creator as mentioned but then it does not print the entire web page into PDF. Anyone can help me to solve this? Is there any necessary additional setting for this issue?

Regards,

Brian

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Comment from fiona on 2008-07-04

2008-07-04T22:45:57Z

just use the "print screen" key to paste t to paint

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Comment from Jo on 2008-06-26

2008-06-26T17:17:36Z

I often want to save only a portion of text that I see on a web page, but on some web pages, I can't select the exact portion, it includes either section before or section after. Do you know why is that?

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Comment from Steve on 2008-04-10

2008-04-10T15:34:56Z

How can I copy the following web site into word using IE 7.0?

http://www.castis.com/english/ch0202.htm

Something is disabling CTRL-A.
Is there any way to enable it again?

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Comment from Cyber Dude on 2007-06-08

2007-06-08T18:01:29Z

I personally use the ScrapBook Addon with Firefox. It's an excellent Addon to capture the current level of the current page (text, images et al), multiple levels of the current page, a selected portion of the current page, and last but not the least, the ability to save all pages currently open in tabs. The import/export function of saved pages is neat. All in all, it's a very neat and handy tool for research work, where you need to save numerous web pages.

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Comment from Peter on 2007-05-28

2007-05-29T05:31:27Z

Thanks Leo.Very informative article.
Nevertheless,I seldom save to PDF.I find it too restrictive.
It's also as proprietary to Adobe as is the .doc format is to Microsoft.
Personally I don't believe that the PDF format will survive nor will the M$ doc format.
There is a movement afoot to get away from proprietary formats for which royalties have to be paid.
One example would be the Open Document format.
Anyway,my preferred format for now is mht most of the time.
Then html, if the page contains elements (pictures etc)that I may want to save separately.
It's easy to "lift" them out of a html file.
Another advantage is that most browsers open a html or mht file.
They will not open a pdf,unless you have the plugin.
Additionally,most wordprocessors from various companies can open htm,html and mht formats.

Some programs were mentioned for saving webcontent.
I'm sure the posters wrote this in all innocence,
but NetSnippets is no longer available and FastStone Capture went shareware 2 days before the comment was posted.
http://www.faststone.org/index.htm
Regardless,Capture is still a great screencapture program.
I also use easyWebSave from
http://www.easywebaction.com/en/
This is a great, low cost utility for saving webcontent.
As always,just my point of view.
(or 2 cents if you will :)

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Comment from Stuzz on 2007-05-28

2007-05-28T23:25:05Z

I'm surprised noone's mention HTTrack, "HTTrack is a free (libre/open source) and easy-to-use offline browser utility. Source code is available for Windows and Linux/Unix/BSD."

The website is here http://www.httrack.com/.

Regards
Stuzz

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-05-27

2007-05-27T17:50:50Z

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For those mentioning "mht", or any other bundled-archive format: my concern is
future compatibility. What tools can be used to read those formats, and will
they really be around, or will they be everywhere and on every platform?

PDF has become such a defacto standard for document production and archival
that it seems the safest. I can read it on pretty much any machine and any OS -
even my phone. And I expect it to remain viable for a long, long time.

That being said, MHT and others are certainly viable alternatives as well if
you're comfortable with them.

Leo

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Comment from Neville Turbit on 2007-05-27

2007-05-27T08:19:48Z

Another great pdf creator is Primo. It is a free tool and easy to install and us.

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Comment from Frank on 2007-05-26

2007-05-26T17:24:28Z

A great subject, mini-tutorial reply by Leo and useful informed comments.Another simple consideration when using Copy & Paste from a web page, especially at your bank's site: highlight the material/info you want to save/copy type Ctrl +C, then go to the page where you're going to place the info . . . Click > 'Edit'> 'Paste Special' and click 'Unformated Text'. This will place the saved info on your page without any of the annoying formating from the web page this allows you to format it to match existing font, color, size etc.or just leave the copied results as they are.

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Comment from Judith Currier on 2007-05-26

2007-05-26T14:26:41Z

Now that I downloaded PDF Creator, I just tried to save this page using it. All it got was down to the first paragraph of the copy/paste portion. It also didn't save ads, but that didn't hurt my feelings. However the lost information would have bothered me. I think saving to the archive is safer!

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Comment from Judith Currier on 2007-05-26

2007-05-26T13:49:29Z

I enjoyed the article and downloaded the pdf creator which I had not known about -- sounds handy, and I might go to paperless bank statements now also.

However, I was curious why you didn't mention the Save as Archive in IE (mht extension). That seems to get an exact copy of the page without the fuss of a separate file that contains the graphics, etc. I used to use it a lot, though now that I am using Firefox I don't have that ability anymore.

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Comment from John Baldry on 2007-05-26

2007-05-26T11:10:37Z

You can obtain a screenshot right down to the bottom of a web page even if it goes off the screen - use FastStone Capture, a great piece of freeware from www.faststone.org SnagIt also does scrolling sreenshots, but you have to pay for it.

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Comment from Roger Turner on 2007-05-26

2007-05-26T09:20:25Z

The best way to save a web page is to "save as" "Web Archive, single file, *.mht". This is much better than using .htm or .html as it does not need to create sub directories and is much more compact. Firefox has an add-on called "Mozilla Archive Format" which saves as *.maf, which can be opened in either Firefox or IE. However, it is only available for Firefox 1.5x but will work in version 2.x but has to be modified and is a bit tricky to do.

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Comment from Patty on 2007-05-25

2007-05-26T06:23:49Z

Try the program Net Snippets. I use it a lot, in particular to save copies of web pages showing my receipts of things I have just purchased off the web. The program even makes a cute "snatching" sound as it snatches the content right off the screen and into a nice format that can be easily categorized, organized, searched,etc. It comes with a toolbar and one of the buttons on the toolbar is "Add Entire Page" which, as you guessed, copies the entire page for you. Check it out.

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Comment from David on 2007-05-25

2007-05-26T03:17:18Z

Excellent tip regarding the "save to pdf". One I didn't know...lol Thanks!

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Comment from David Hernandez on 2007-05-25

2007-05-26T01:41:38Z

Another way:

Copy the Web site address (URL), open a word processor (Ex. MSWord or Writer from OpenOffice.org; it may work with other processors).

In the File menu, select Open, and paste the URL in the line where you type the name of the file that you want to open.

Press Enter or Accept and wait.

The word processor will open the site.

In MSWord you have to "break the links" or something like that. I think that option is in the Edition menu.

I believe this works specially with .html files

Thanks Leo for your site!

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Comment from Carl R. Goodwin on 2007-05-25

2007-05-26T01:05:06Z

The easiest thing to do is use Firefox, and then install the extension that allows you to do it (I forget the name right now, but I know there is one). Besides, Firefox is a million times better than IE will EVER be. :)

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Comment from Mat on 2007-05-25

2007-05-25T09:01:34Z

Leo, you missed out taking a screenshot - Ctrl+Shift+Print Screen. That gets a faithful representation of (most of) what's on the screen. Problematic, of course, if the webpage goes off the bottom or side of the screen, but nothing's perfect.

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Comment from Dan Ullman on 2007-05-24

2007-05-24T19:13:55Z

Vista and up-to-date xp machines have a third option, XPS printer. Click on File Print Printer Setup (how you get there depends on the program) and select XPS printer as your printer. This is MS's answer to PDF.

That said, I haven't used it myself.

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