Using Acrobat Web Capture you can convert an entire web page, portions of a web page or even an entire site into a PDF document. In Acrobat 9, we have greatly improved Acrobat’s ability to convert web pages into PDF such that it now works very well with the modern web correctly preserving all links and Flash content.
So, why would you need to convert a web page to PDF? For any number of reasons:
- You want to capture an interesting article that you want to read when you are offline
- You want to archive information that may change later on with the date and time stamp of when it was captured
- You want to collect a variety of related information from the web for your research into a single digest
- You want to send a prototype of a web page you have designed for review
PDF captured from the page: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html
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We also often heard from customers who wanted to capture just snippets of content from various websites and aggregate them. To make that easier, we have introduced a new Select tool in Acrobat 9 Web Capture. The new tool makes it extremely simple for the user to choose just the content he/she wishes to capture and convert it to PDF leaving out irrelevant material such as banners, advertisements etc.
You can also capture an entire site using Web Capture. Not only do all the links continue to work in the PDF, they also link to local content within the PDF, where applicable, so that you can truly browse the site offline.
Web Capture can be invoked through the Acrobat toolbar in Internet Explorer on Windows and through the Adobe Acrobat 9 application on Windows and Mac platforms. If you would like to understand how to use Web Capture, Rick Borstein has a great video demonstration on his blog here.
Please share any comments or feedback you have - we would love to hear from you on how you have used and found Web Capture useful!
Thank You,
Sanjoy Ghosh, Acrobat Product Manager
Web Capture sounds very appealing. Is there ever going to be a Linux version of Acrobat, not just Reader (we have that already), but the whole application?
[Linux support is something we continue to evaluate - thanks for voicing your support as well. Currently, we offer Adobe Reader on Linux, which includes the ability for Linux users to participate in commenting, forms and digital signature workflows via Reader-extended Adobe PDF files. - Dave]
Thank you for sharing....
I've used the web capture feature in previous versions and it worked great, but I'm wondering if this latest version of Acrobat has the ability to capture Flash and other media on the page too. Does anyone know?
[Scott - Acrobat 9 does have limited ability to capture Flash content. By limited I mean that it captures simple (non interactive) Flash content in a page but does not capture more complex content such as entire web pages which have been created in Flash. Media such as video on a web page is not captured. - Sanjoy]
is that Web Capture 9 dont not support firefox? coz i search all setting and cant find it so may help?
[Dev - See above. The Web Capture button only appears in Internet Explorer (Windows). However, you can always launch Acrobat, go to File > Create PDF > From Web Browser and paste in a URL. - Dave]
Will Web Capture eventually support Firefox? For some purposes, such as preserving a snapshot of a web page with forms filled, pasting a URL into Acrobat isn't an option.
Firefox users shouldn't have to fall back to IE or the PDF printer driver, right?
web capture utility is not working - keeps saying could not access web capture utility. please advise.
[Sam - I would try going to your Add or Remove Programs Control Panel, selecting Acrobat, and running Change/Remove > Repair. - Dave]
I just upgraded to Acrobat 9 pro. I am trying to convert an entire page to PDF in IE but I am still only getting the part of the page that is seen on the screen. It is a page that was created on the fly from results of a search so there is no URL to enter into the convert to pdf via Acrobat. Is there an option for capturing screen vs capturing full page and I just don't see?
thanks!
There is a web capture feature in IE but not in Firefox. Do you intend to write a similar feature for Firefox users. It is not always helpful to have to open Acrobat 9 and then paste in the URL in order to do a capture of a specific page or pages as you browse.
[John - It's a feature request we've heard before. But please note your requests here so we can tally your vote with the others. Thanks! - Dave]
How do I convert a PDF file to a Word file?
I'm using Adobe Acrobat 8.
Thanks!!
[Linda - It should be under File > Save As. Then choose "Save As File Type: Microsoft Word (DOC)". In A8, we may have labeled it as Rich Text Format (RTF), but you can open up an RTF document in Word. - Dave]
I've upgraded from Vista to Windows 7. Could not use the web capture using Acrobat 9 PRO. So I did a repair, but still had the same error message. I restarted Windows 7 but got the same error message.So I deactivated, uninstalled, and did a reinstall of Acrobat 9 PRO. I still get the following error message:
"Could not access Acrobat's Web Capture facility. Acrobat may be busy or waiting for input."
What can I do to fix this?
~~lad
[Lois - Acrobat 9 supports Windows 7 only if you have the Acrobat 9.2 patch installed. Have you applied the Acrobat 9.2 patch? If not, please do so by starting Acrobat, then going to Help > Check for Updates. You can also get it here. - Sanjoy.]