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Old 01-05-2006, 06:43 AM
Anthony Susa
 
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Default Re: Tutorial print web page to PDF with embedded clickable links

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 21:03:35 GMT, Aandi Inston wrote:
>>Is there a tutorial for printing web pages to PDF with clickable links?

> Why not use Create PDF > From Web Page?


Hi Aandi,

Why not? Because I didn't know about the Adobe Acrobat Standard command:
- File > Create PDF > From Web Page

Thank you for pointing that wonderful command out. Indeed, it does create a
PDF of a web page or even the entire web site, with clickable links in the
PDF just as we asked! This is great! I found the tutorial for this at:
- http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/...t_4_part2.html

I also found, while searching, other options, including the Microsoft
Internet Explorer menu to do the same thing:
- View > Explorer Bar > Adobe PDF >
- Convert Current Web Page to an Adobe PDF File
The tutorial for the IE Web Capture to clickable PDF is at:
- http://www.acrotips.com/pdf/tips/6024.pdf

Both seem to have some problems with javascript (or maybe it's just my
browser setup) but otherwise the links embedded in the PDF are clickable.

Thanks also for the additional suggestion of using htmldoc freeware
- http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...id,5114,00.asp
But users should note only the version 1.5 is freeware; later versions are
no longer freeware apparently.

Another option is to use HTML2EXE to create a single file of a web site:
- http://www.softpicks.net/software/HTML2EXE-11403.htm

These are the only known methods so far to create a single-file PDF (or in
the case of HTML2EXE, a single-file exe) of an entire web site yet which
also contains all the links clickable by the user.

If you know of other methods to print an entire web site to PDF containing
clickable links, please post so we all gain knowledge together,

Tony Susa
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