Exporting Web pages to PDF


    You can export Web pages to PDF, while retaining formatting and features such as links, form elements, and QuickTime movies. You can use this powerful functionality to quickly create documents such as interactive PDF forms and print-ready versions of Web pages.

    When you export to PDF, you can customize the exported file in many ways. For example, you can adjust compression settings, embed fonts, and proportionally shrink a Web page that's wider than the selected paper size. To produce a PDF file that prints clearly on black-and-white printers, you can hide Web page backgrounds, replacing them with a white background that emphasizes the content of a page. After adjusting such settings, you can re-create the PDF preview to see their effect.

    Illustration of Using the Shrink Content to Paper Width option: with these callouts: A. PDF Preview tab with Shrink Content to Paper Width deselected B. Shrink Content to Paper Width selected C. PDF Page Setup Inspector
    Using the Shrink Content to Paper Width option: A. PDF Preview tab with Shrink Content to Paper Width deselected B. Shrink Content to Paper Width selected C. PDF Page Setup Inspector

    Note: Frames, HTML comments, text marquees, and JavaScript do not export to PDF.

To export a Web page to PDF:

  1. In the document window, click the PDF Preview tab.
  2. In the PDF Creation Inspector, click the Creation tab, and set options as desired. For more information, see PDF creation options.
  3. Click the Page tab, and set page formatting options as desired. Then, to proportionally shrink a Web page that's wider than the selected paper size, select Shrink Content to Paper Width.
  4. Click the Description tab, and enter file information for Title, Author, Subject, and Keywords as desired.
  5. Click Recreate PDF to regenerate the PDF preview using the new settings.
  6. Click the Export button Export button in the toolbar.
  7. TipExported anchors become bookmarks in the PDF file.

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