On Tue, Jun 13 2017, Dale wrote: > allan gottlieb wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 10 2017, Dale wrote: >> >>> allan gottlieb wrote: >>>> I was interviewed and the material was put on a website >>>> (news.mit.edu/2017/reflections-puzzle-keeper-allan-gottlieb-0608). >>>> >>>> For someone to view this they need that >>>> 1. They are on the net. >>>> 2. MIT has not removed it. >>>> >>>> I would like to produce a file containing what is seen when viewing that >>>> web page (it brings in other pages). A pdf would be good, but others >>>> would be OK. >>>> >>>> The goal is to be able to put this on a flash drive and be able to view >>>> in without net access. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> allan >>>> >>>> >>> I run up on things I want to save that way too. Sometimes I run up on a >>> garden, electronics or other site that I want to save a few pages from. >>> After all, some things do disappear sometimes for unknown reasons. I >>> use Seamonkey but I'm pretty sure Firefox has this, Palemoon likely does >>> too. I use the print function but instead of printing to a printer, I >>> select file and PDF. Sometimes it doesn't work right but quite often, >>> it works without any problems. >>> >>> Another thing I do, if the above doesn't work, copy what I want, open >>> Libreoffice, OOo or whatever and paste it in there. Sometimes I have to >>> select to do it as html code. Generally, it just pastes right in, >>> images and all. After that, I save it as a PDF file after doing any >>> tweaking I want to do, making letters larger etc etc. I like larger >>> print since I'm getting older. :/ >>> >>> I did the first step above here. I'll send it off list. It's small but >>> some may not want attachments sent to the list. Hope that helps. >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> :-) :-) >> Thank. You are right of course the print-to-file is the correct >> command. Sorry I was so dense. >> >> allan >> >> > > There are times when that doesn't work well. Either a page is full of > ads, images or worthless text and what could be done in two pages takes > 4 or 5. Sometimes one can highlight the good parts and then print the > selection to file but sometimes, even that doesn't work. On those > occasions, I highlight, copy and then paste it in OOo or similar. Then > edit out what I don't want, copy and paste anything extra and print/save > that as a PDF file. Always check the file before closing anything too. > Some pages may look OK on the screen but when saved/printed, they don't > turn out right. Sort of rare but a pain when it happens. > > Sometimes what sounds so simple when read, isn't so simple to figure > out. I've been known to sit here a while trying to figure out a way > around a problem like this. Some sites try to make it hard to do > anything like this since they want you to come back dozens of times and > they get ad revenues each time. Just like the past few months. > There's a bug that eats my squash and cucumbers. I searched for years > to find out what it was and how to control/kill it. I found the thing > last year. Now, I can't recall what it was to save my life. It's in my > head but its lost in there somewhere. May be mixed in with one of the > encrypted emerge errors we get from time to time. lol > > Glad to help and if the first way doesn't work, you can always refer > back and try another method. ;-) > > Dale
This time it did work fine. Again thanks. > :-) :-) > > P. S. It's interesting to find out a tidbit about people on this > mailing list. Sometimes, real interesting. Glad you enjoyed it. allan
