Converting web pages to PDF Part 1

Converting web pages to PDF Part 1

Web pages and PDFs

You can convert web pages to PDF by using either the Adobe Acrobat desktop application or the Adobe Acrobat browser extension. When you install Acrobat on your machine, the browser extension is automatically installed alongside it.

Note

To convert Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) language web pages to PDF on a Roman (Western) system in Windows, you must have installed the CJK language support files while installing Acrobat. Also, it is preferable to select an appropriate encoding from the HTML conversion settings.

Convert web pages to PDF using the Adobe Acrobat browser extension

Enabling the Adobe Acrobat extension in your browser allows you to access Adobe Acrobat PDF tools directly on the web, including the option to convert web pages to PDF. Once enabled, the Acrobat PDF creation toolbar is added to your browser, and you can use the tools to view, fill, comment, sign, and compress PDFs. The option to create a PDF is also available in the context menu.

To convert a webpage to PDF, do the following:

  1. 1. Open a web page in the browser or refresh any existing tab with a web page loaded. The extension is enabled once the web page is completely downloaded.

  2. 2. Select the Adobe Acrobat icon displayed in the upper-right corner of the browser toolbar, and then choose Convert webpage to PDF.
    Using the Convert menu on the, do any of the following:

    • To create a PDF from the currently open web page, choose Convert webpage to PDF. Then select a location, type a filename, and select Save.

    • To add a PDF of the currently open web page to another PDF, choose Add to existing PDF. Then locate and select the existing PDF, and select Save.

    • To explore Acrobat online services to convert and combine files in your browser select Create PDF Online.

  3. 3. Provide the file name in the Save As dialog box, then select Save. The web page is converted to PDF, and then the PDF opens in Acrobat.

Note

The right-click menu includes the Adobe Acrobat PDF edit, convert, sign tools option. Within this menu, when you select either Convert Web Page to PDF, or Add Web Page to Existing PDF option, the currently open web page, not the selected link, is converted.

Convert web pages to PDF in Acrobat

Although you can convert an open web page to PDF using the Adobe Acrobat browser extension, you get additional options when you run the conversion from the Acrobat desktop application. For example, you can include an entire website in the PDF or just some levels of a website.

Convert a web page to PDF

  1. 1. Open Acrobat and in the global bar, select Create > Web Page.

  2. 2. Enter the complete path to the web page, or select Browse and locate an HTML file.

  3. 3. To specify the number of levels on the website to convert, select Capture multiple levels. Enter the number of levels to include, or select Get entire site to include all levels from the website.

    Note

    Some websites have hundreds or even thousands of pages. Converting a large website can make your system slow and unresponsive, and can even use up available hard drive space and memory, causing a system crash. It’s a good idea to begin by downloading one level of pages and then go through them to find particular links to download.

  4. 4. If Get N level(s) is selected, select one or both of the following options:

    Stay on same path

    Downloads only web pages subordinate to the specified URL.

    Stay on same server

    Downloads only web pages stored on the same server.

  5. 5. Select Advanced settings, change the selected options in the Web Page Conversion Settings dialog box as needed, and select OK.

  6. 6. Select Create.

    Note

    You can view PDF pages while they are downloading; however, you cannot modify a page until the download process is complete.

You do not need to wait for the conversion to complete before adding more requests. While a conversion is in progress, you can convert another page to PDF and that gets added to the queue. The number of requests in the queue are indicated by the Pending Conversions field in the Download Status dialog box.

Add an unlinked web page to an existing PDF

Use this procedure to append pages to a writable PDF. If the original PDF is read-only, the result will be a new PDF rather than new pages in the existing PDF.

  1. 1. Open the existing PDF in Acrobat (the PDF to which you want to append a web page).
  2. 2. From the global bar, select the Edit mega verb> Organize Pages > Insert > From web page.

  3. 3. Enter the URL to the web page you want to append and select options, as described for converting web pages to PDF, and then select Add.

  4. 4. Once the web page is converted to PDF, you see the Insert Page dialog box. Choose exactly where you want to add this page to the existing PDF, then select OK.

Add a linked web page to an existing PDF

  1. 1. Open the previously converted PDF in Acrobat. If necessary, scroll to the page containing links to the pages you want to add.
  2. 2. Right-click the web link, and choose Append to Document.

    Note

    After pages have been converted, links to these pages change to internal links, and clicking a link takes you to the PDF page, rather than to the original HTML page on the web.


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