December 18, 2007 at 23:53make PDF without crawling out of the browser
Recently I came across the fact that it was necessary to collect several dozen pages of Internet documentation into one large document. Moreover, the document was desirable in electronic form, because I do not like to carry a pile of paper with me and try to get by with electronic versions on the PDA. I usually prefer the PDF format - the benefit is that in OO Writer, export to this format is direct.
Having found several sources on web pages, I began to select content in a browser (Firefox) and copy it to the editor, so that later I could make one pdf out of all this for viewing on my pocket.
But quite by accident, when installing one Firefox add-on, I came across an entertaining extension "LOOP for Firefox".
Inhabits here:
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4738
So, the essence of the program is as follows - we install the extension in our FF, after which we register a personal account (free of charge) on the project website www.drawloop.com and we have at our disposal a complete opportunity to create PDFs of local documents or web pages directly from the browser!
Any page with full preservation of the format, the addon converts to PDF and saves in your account. You can convert and add to the list any number of pages or local documents by entering the url (file address) in a special project window.
Then the resulting list of pdf documents can either be downloaded individually to your computer, or glued together (function combine all) into one document and thereby get the combined pdf file!
Thus, I got to make myself small pdf books on topics that interest me.
Unfortunately, the service does not provide the ability to make a PDF copy of the site automatically. Still, you have to manually scroll through all the links, but still this is the fastest way to get a pdf-copy of a couple of dozens of web pages
Having found several sources on web pages, I began to select content in a browser (Firefox) and copy it to the editor, so that later I could make one pdf out of all this for viewing on my pocket.
But quite by accident, when installing one Firefox add-on, I came across an entertaining extension "LOOP for Firefox".
Inhabits here:
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4738
So, the essence of the program is as follows - we install the extension in our FF, after which we register a personal account (free of charge) on the project website www.drawloop.com and we have at our disposal a complete opportunity to create PDFs of local documents or web pages directly from the browser!
Any page with full preservation of the format, the addon converts to PDF and saves in your account. You can convert and add to the list any number of pages or local documents by entering the url (file address) in a special project window.
Then the resulting list of pdf documents can either be downloaded individually to your computer, or glued together (function combine all) into one document and thereby get the combined pdf file!
Thus, I got to make myself small pdf books on topics that interest me.
Unfortunately, the service does not provide the ability to make a PDF copy of the site automatically. Still, you have to manually scroll through all the links, but still this is the fastest way to get a pdf-copy of a couple of dozens of web pages