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How can I save multiple links from a web site as pdfs in one hit?

wokka59
Registered: Jan 11 2008
Posts: 5

I am at a great travel web site which has multiple links to lots of great information. I want to save all the links information ( 1-10 pages each link) to my laptop so I can read them when I'm travelling.

It would take for ever to open each link and save the pages as a pdf to read later. Is there a way to somehow automatically save all the information from all the links as multiple pdf's? ( or even one big pdf?)

Thanks for your help

Wokka

leonardr
Expert
Registered: Feb 14 2006
Posts: 333
When you use the "Create PDF from Web site" feature in Adobe Acrobat, it gives yo the option of how many levels down to follow the links and whether to stay on the same site or not.
Just set your options and you're good to go!

Leonard

Leonard Rosenthol
PDF Standards Architect
Adobe Systems

wokka59
Registered: Jan 11 2008
Posts: 5
Thanks for the reply - just what I need! Wokka
wokka59
Registered: Jan 11 2008
Posts: 5
Thanks for the reply.


I am a little unclear as to what

1.The levels ( ie get X levels"
2. Stay on the same path
3.Stay on same Server

all mean.

On a typical site there are lots of links top other things and sites which I don't want.
I can only scroll down one page but i wish to down load all (eg 12 pages) without having to open each page and then convert it to pdf.

Thanks

Wokka
daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Go to the Adobe Acrobat Help.
At http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/
Choose the applicable product > "Go" > from web page, view the HTML or download the PDF.
OR
Go to the Adobe Acrobat Help.
In AApro 8 :: Help > Complete Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Help (or, in Windows, F1).Select Search.
In the Find pages containing:
Enter "Convert web pages to PDF in Acrobat" (without the quotes).
Expand (click on the "+") the topic "Convert a web page to PDF".
"Level" is discussed.
"Same Path" and "Same Server" are defined.
re: "Same Path" - to get comfortable with what is meant by "url", visit W3C or google
on something like "what is url", "explain url", etc.

re: "Level"
An example...

You go to
Selecting Level = 1 will get you "index.php" only.
Selecting Level = 2 will get "index.php" and everything down 2 levels.

e.g., 2 Levels - Same Path - Same Server

--| index.php
--|
-----| webpage1-1.php
-----| webpage1-2.php
-----|
---------| webpage1A-1.php
---------| webpage1A-1.php <-- has link to server in Chile (say a wine company)
--|
-----| webpage2-1.php
-----| webpage2-2.php
-----|
---------| webpage2A-1.php
---------| webpage2A-2.php

Your PDF will have all the above html files' content.
"Same Server" prevents pulling in the page on the server in Chile.

hth :)

Be well...

abhigyan
Expert
Registered: Nov 29 2007
Posts: 223
The other way is to use the Acrobat add-in to Internet Explorer. Open the web page in IE. Select the links that you want to convert. Right click and choose the option to convert the selected links to PDF.