Posted on 05/22/2007 3:58:41 PM PDT by calcowgirl
Does anyone know a way to save a webpage (html) as a PDF File without the software automatically adding in page breaks?
I have tried the "Print to PDF" function, but it always puts in page breaks and I can't find any "preference" option that would allow me to turn that function off.
I have tried by using the "Create PDF" function in the Adobe Acrobat software. That does allow me to create a single page up to 200 inches, but I want it larger than that.
In short, I want the PDF file to be a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) document of the webpage.
Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Ping for help!
If y’all know any computer experts, please send them my way! :-)
Thanks.
You can Save as PDF in Word and other word processing programs as well.
sounds like what used to be the old Distiller option in
Adobe some years back, and got incorporated into the latest greatest stuff, Thanks!
Yes... I have full Adobe.
When I choose the AdobePDF printer, it still gives me page breaks (and the website info as footers). In the “Printing Preferences” it makes me select a page size (e.g. letter, legal, tabloid, etc.). All of them give me page breaks.
I haven’t tried Word, but that doesn’t seem like it would give me a true image of the website, correct?
May I suggest giving FoxIt a try? I've been using it for three or four years and it works well and is very fast.
Hey... it sound like you know tricks you aren’t sharing! No fair! ;-)
PDF files have to have page breaks. That’s the purpose of PDF; to transmit a completely formatted document that doesn’t need the software that originally created it.
I actually saw reference to FoxIt when I’ve been googling.
But will it do what I need to do in the immediate future?
(i.e. save webpages without page breaks)
ARGGHHHHHHH....
THAT is not good news!
I do want a “completely formatted document”, I just want it formatted the same way I see it on the screen! LOL.
Go to pdf995.com and download their driver. It will install a PDF print driver. The shareware version will show an ad every time you use it, but you can register to eliminate that. It’s a nice product.
Uhh, urr,
No comment!
:-}
What is the pagination doing to it that is objectionable?
It does it to word documents, not web pages.
Thanks! I’ll check it out! I saw that one while googling, along with PrimoPDF. I wasn’t sure it did what I wanted with page-breaks, though. I’m always hesitant to download shareware without knowing someone that has used it first. A freeper recommendation fits the bill! :-)
When I’ve had to save web pages as PDF’s (not very often I’ll admit) FoxIt was very much WYSIWYG. So I think it would work perfectly for you.
If you wish to try:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/creator/
or
http://download.foxitsoftware.com/addon/manual_download/foxitcreator_setup.exe (direct download)
The version I have is a really, REALLY old freeware version. It might cost money now; I’m not sure.
Go to PRINT
Select Adobe PDF, but don’t print
Select PREFERENCES
Select ADD CUSTOM PAGE
Put in a really huge number for the HEIGHT
Dude, that's what they do in the ghetto. She deserves better than mere shortcuts and workarounds, doesn't she?! :O)
Think of it like FR. If you wanted to copy a thread to a PDF file, page breaks are obnoxious.
I have a website that I want to archive pieces of before changing them. I prefer to do that by saving some pages as PDF files (about 50 different ones), rather than the multi-file html approach.
Oh, okay... thanks!
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