To create PDF from web pages:
- Choose File > Create > From Web Page, or choose Convert > From Web Page.
- Input the URL of the web page in the box in the Create PDF From Web Page dialog box, or click Browse to choose an HTML file.
Click Settings to set more conversion options.
The General tab:
Conversion Level: specify the number of levels of the website to convert to PDF, or check Convert the entire site.
Convert webpages on the same path: convert the webpages subordinate to the input URL.
Convert webpages on the same server: convert the webpages stored on the same server.
PDF Settings: set the timeout to load the whole web page. Loading that takes longer will be aborted automatically, and only the loaded content will be converted to PDF. The default value is 120s.
Disable all hyperlinks in the generated PDFs: check this item, and all hyperlinks will be invalid in the generated PDF.
Set all the page contents to one single PDF page: check this item, and all the related content will be converted to one PDF page.
Create bookmarks: check this item, and bookmarks for converted web pages will be created automatically after conversion. The created bookmarks are named with the domain names of the web pages. If the web pages share the same domain name, sub-bookmarks will be created and named with the page titles. If the page has no title, the URL is used instead.
Create PDF Tags: check this item to create a tagged PDF that includes tags and other accessible information such as alt-text for images. With this item selected, you can select the Optimize tag tree option to optimize the structure tree of the tags in the created PDF, such as by removing some unnecessary Div tags.
Place headers and footers on new page: place a header and footer on every page of the generated PDF. Headers show the date when you create the PDF, and the web page title. Footers show the web page URL (or the file path of the HTML file) and the page number.
Background graphics: check this item to retain the page background, and the created PDF will look exactly like the original web page. For backgrounds that may affect the visibility of the text on the page, you can deselect this item, and theconverted web page might look different than it does in a web browser, but is easier to read.
Other Settings:
Convert Image: To specify whether to include images in the PDF conversion, select or deselect this option.
Underline Link: To specify whether to underline textual web links (that are underlined on the web page) in the generated PDF, select or deselect this option.
The Page Layout tab: specify the page size, margins and orientation for the generated PDF as needed.
Media style:
Screen: convert the web page exactly as how it is displayed on the screen to PDF.
Print: convert the web page based on the Print setting in the web page itself. This option is selected by default.
Scaling:
Fixed page with no scale: convert the web page without scaling. However, if the web page is too wide and exceeds the PDF page size specified above, the generated PDF will be truncated.
Scale: With this option selected, Foxit PDF Editor will scale the web page if necessary to fit the width of the PDF page size specified above. This option is selected by default.
Enlarge: With this option selected, if the web page is too wide and exceeds the PDF page size specified above, Foxit PDF Editor will enlarge the PDF page size automatically.
To create PDF from a linked web page:
If your PDF document contains linked text which links to a web page, you can also convert the linked web page to PDF from within Foxit PDF Editor application.
- Make sure you have selected the Hand command.
- Right-click on the linked text, and choose Open Weblink as New Document.
- Then the linked web page will be converted to PDF and opened in Foxit PDF Editor. You can click the save button to save it as desired.
Tip: When you create a PDF from a webpage which requires login, only the login page will be converted to PDF.