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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2017 13:52:42 GMT
Not many products I would recommend 100% but this is one. Converting web pages to pdf can be an issue, most programs do a poor to barely passable job. They generally scramble the text and images. Framesets like you see on blogs (multiple columns) are a major hurdle. For some time I have been converting my blog to pdf as a method of preservation and combining into a finished book with index. You can try it for free but you get limited functionality and branding. LINKFortunately the paid version is only $9.95/year
You get Unlimited use Convert web pages, HTML files, or directly edited HTML code Customized conversion settings: Page dimensions, orientation, margins Background on/off, links on/off, print-friendly, ... PDF protection, passwords, initial view Flash, frameset documents, password protected pages Links to larger images are embedded automatically.  Webpage loaded - click on icon ![]()  New page opens with the pdf ready for printing or download - NOTE all 8 pages done in a few seconds This is not just a cut, paste, print to pdf solution that results in poor type face with limited zoom features.. The full page is transformed to an OCR (text recognition) pdf |
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Post by angore on Jul 4, 2017 10:32:15 GMT
I use OneNote sometimes to capture pages and sections. You can paste them inline so you get a continuous view. You then can print to PDF. I know Evernote has capture issues.  |
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Post by classicalstamps on Jul 5, 2017 17:14:49 GMT
I have used Evernote for several years dumping 100's if not 1000's of websites. No problems here  |
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Post by angore on Jul 5, 2017 21:45:22 GMT
Ha. I reread my post and did not mean to say Evernote has issues. It had browser plug ins as well. t was early! I also have Evernote but use OneNote for more things since Evernote makes you upgrade for some features.
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Post by Jerry B on Jul 6, 2017 9:09:14 GMT
Hi I use PDFCreator. It installs on the PC (Windows and MAC) as a printer driver. All one has to do is select PDFCreator as the current print device and just print. PDFCreator
I have been using it for years and it works quite well. I haven't tried a web page recently and cannot do so now as the PC is sick. Jerry B |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 15:06:07 GMT
This seems to have gone off track
I posted an app that converts websites to actual TRUE pdfs - that means you can copy text or images, links still work, larger images can still be linked and it does it in seconds.
PDF Creator is just a fancy printer driver that creates an image pdf from a downloaded file - no text copy (unless you run through an OCR app.}, links or image downloads
Evernote has something called a Firefox Web Clipper - useful for sharing in "social media"
However the syncing takes ages and syncing can be difficult if not impossible on some webpages
Files I have emailed to myself didn't get there.
Unless it has changed you need to save the file as a pdf and then use PDF Creator or a dozen others like it to convert it to an image pdf not a true pdf
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Post by Ryan on Jul 6, 2017 17:57:31 GMT
@falshung, do you have a recommendation for PDF editing programs? I subscribe to Linn's and I currently take screen captures of the Scott New Issues Update, chop them up and sort them out to individual Word documents - that way I can keep my 2016 Scott catalogues more-or-less updated (price changes and number changes don't show up in Linn's, but all new issues do). I can then save those as PDF files and it looks nice enough for my tastes but since they started out as screen captures, they don't have the capability of searching for text within. I've thought about buying a PDF editing program to directly edit the Linn's magazine PDFs but have been leery about it since I certainly don't need anything professional-level, and lower-level stuff so often seems to be buggy. An example of what I generate now ...  Ryan |
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Post by PostmasterGS on Jul 6, 2017 20:46:40 GMT
Ryan , If all you're looking for is to make the text searchable -- I can't vouch for any, but if you Google "PDF OCR" there are numerous free options, both downloadable software and online services. Or as an alternative, I have the full version of Acrobat, so if you want to e-mail them to me I can OCR them and send them back. It only takes a couple seconds.
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Post by angore on Jul 6, 2017 21:58:42 GMT
If you subscribe to online Linn's you can just download the PDF version. The PDF version is searchable so it is more than an image.
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Post by upiaykusun on Jul 7, 2017 0:08:12 GMT
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Post by Ryan on Jul 7, 2017 5:38:18 GMT
If you subscribe to online Linn's you can just download the PDF version. The PDF version is searchable so it is more than an image. Yes, I download the PDFs. Then I edit the listings for new issues into separate files for each individual country - I'm doing it now with screen captures, but was looking for a good way to do it with PDF editing instead. Ryan |
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Post by angore on Jul 7, 2017 11:37:58 GMT
You can convert the PDF to Word and often it is easier rather than using screen shots. You can also open the PDF in LibreOffice Draw. Here is an example and you can edit text. etc  To save time you should extract the pages you need rather than working with the full PDF. |
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Post by Ryan on Jul 7, 2017 14:47:18 GMT
You can convert the PDF to Word and often it is easier rather than using screen shots. You can also open the PDF in LibreOffice Draw. I've tried a PDF to Word converter and it did such a poor job that I gave up on it straight away! I would have spent far more time repairing the errors than I would have spent building my country documents. I guess I'll need to try more than one. I've had both OpenOffice and LibreOffice in my bookmarks for a long time but have never done anything to go ahead with downloading them - I'll have to give them a try. I have the full version of Acrobat, so if you want to e-mail them to me I can OCR them and send them back. It only takes a couple seconds. I have well over 200 individual country files and many are updated each month (in theory - in practice, I'm well behind so that's one of the reasons I'm looking at changing things now). So, thanks very much for the offer, but I'll avoid plaguing you with a million requests! ha ha Ryan |
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Post by angore on Jul 7, 2017 14:58:08 GMT
If you have issues with Libre Draw let me know and I can send the file I get when I convert.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Jul 7, 2017 16:01:59 GMT
Ryan, Can you email me a sample so I can do some testing?
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Post by angore on Jul 8, 2017 12:33:47 GMT
There is another option. Convert to power point at smallpdf.com/pdf-to-pptThis is a screen shot of the screen of the converted file in Power Point. This does better than Libre Draw. You can extract what you need. I was using this to convert pdf album pages so you can customize them. I learned how powerful it was by this discussion.  |
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