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Converting web pages by specifying a URL
You can download and convert web pages from the top level of a URL, with each web
page becoming multiple PDF pages if necessary. You determine whether to download
pages from the top level of a site, from a specified number of levels below the top level, or
from the entire site. If you later append another level to a site that is already converted to a
PDF file, only the additional levels are added.
To convert web pages by specifying a URL:
1. In Acrobat, do one of the following:
● To open the pages in a new PDF file, choose File > Create PDF > From Web Page, or
choose From Web Page from the Create PDF menu on the toolbar.
● Click the Create PDF From Web Page button on the toolbar.
● To add the pages to the end of the current file, choose Advanced > Web Capture >
Append Web Page.
2. Enter the URL for the web pages, or browse to locate the page.
3. Enter the number of levels you want to include, or select Get Entire Site to include all
levels from the website.
Some websites may have hundreds or even thousands of pages and can take a long
time to download, as well as use up your system's hard disk space and available memory,
causing a system crash. You may want to begin by downloading only one level of pages
and then go through them to find particular links to download.
4. Specify the following options:
● Stay On Same Path downloads only web pages subordinate to the URL you provide.
● Stay On Same Server downloads only web pages stored on the same server as the pages
for the URL you provide.
5. To set options that apply to all web pages you convert, click Settings. You can define a
page layout for PDF documents, set options for converted HTML and plain text, and
choose to generate items such as tagged bookmarks. (See Specifying conversion settings
for capturing web pages.)
6. Click Create.
If you're downloading more than one level of pages in Windows, the Download Status
dialog box moves to the background after the first level is downloaded. Choose
Advanced > Web Capture > Bring Status Dialogs To Foreground to see the dialog box
again.
Note: You can view PDF pages while they are downloading; however, you cannot modify
a page until the download process is complete. Your software may seem unresponsive at
times if it is downloading many pages.