| You can use Acrobat to download pages from the World Wide Web and convert them to PDF. You can define a page layout, set display options for fonts and other visual elements, and create bookmarks for Web pages that you convert to PDF. Because captured Web pages are in PDF, you can easily save, distribute, and print them for shared or future use. Acrobat gives you the power to convert remote, minimally formatted files into local, fully formatted PDF documents that you can access at any time.
Configuring your Internet or proxy settings
Before you use Web Capture, you must configure your Internet or proxy settings for access to the World Wide Web.
- Choose File > Preferences > Internet Settings.
- Do one of the following:
- In Windows, click the Connection tab in the Internet Properties dialog box, and provide the necessary information for your setup. Your system administrator or ISP will give you the information you need.
- In Mac OS, select Use an HTTP Proxy Server, and then enter your proxy URL and port number in the text boxes.
In Windows, if you do not configure your Internet settings using the Internet Settings preferences, Internet Explorer must be installed and the Internet Properties dialog box configured to allow access to the World Wide Web. In particular, the Proxy Server box on the Connection tab must have a valid proxy address if you are accessing the Web through a firewall in an enterprise environment. Once Internet Explorer has been installed and configured, you may use any browser as your default browser. If your version of Internet Explorer does not have an Internet Properties dialog box, you must upgrade to a current version of Internet Explorer (available from the Microsoft Web site).
Setting options for converting pages
You set options for capturing Web pages before you download the pages. Here, you'll set options for the structure and appearance of your captured pages.
1. Choose File > Open Web Page.
Note: If the Open Web Page command does not appear under the File menu, choose File > Preferences > Web Capture, and deselect Consolidate Menu Items in Top-level Menu. When this option is selected, all commands pertaining to Web capture appear under a separate Web menu.
2. Click Conversion Settings.
3. In the Conversion Settings dialog box, click the General tab.
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4. Under General Settings for Generated PDF, select the following options:
- Create Bookmarks to New Content to create a structured bookmark for each downloaded Web page, using the page's HTML title tag as the bookmark name. Structured bookmarks help you organize and navigate your captured pages.
- Add PDF Structure to store a structure in the PDF file that corresponds to the HTML structure of the original Web pages.
- Put Headers and Footers on New Page (Windows) or Put Headers and Footers on New Content (Mac OS) to place a header with the Web page's title and a footer with the page's URL, page number in the downloaded set, and the date and time of download.
- Save Refresh Commands (Windows) or Save Update Commands (Mac OS) to save a list of all URLs in the PDF file for the purpose of refreshing pages.
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