Create a print-friendly PDF version of a Web page


    With GoLive's PDF features, you can quickly view, edit, and export PDF files. This powerful functionality lets you easily create interactive PDF forms, archive Web pages, and more.

    In this tutorial, you'll create a print-friendly version of a Web page, while retaining features such as links and tables.

    Create a PDF version of a Web page

1. Preview as PDF.

    In GoLive, open the Web page that you want to export to PDF, and then click the PDF Preview tab in the document window. If you need to optimize the appearance of items such as type or tables, click the Layout tab, make the necessary changes, and then return to the PDF preview to see the results.

    PDF Preview tab

2. Format the pages.

    In the PDF Creation Inspector, click the Page tab, and set the paper size, margins, and orientation. Then select Shrink Content to Paper Width, and click re-create PDF to see the results.

    Shrink Content to Paper Width reduces Web content so it fits on the selected paper size.

    Page tab of PDF Creation Inspector

3. Optimize for printing.

    To ensure that the exported PDF file works well when printed, click the Creation tab and select Embed Fonts and Hide Backgrounds. Click re-create PDF again to see the results.

    Embed Fonts includes fonts in the exported file, ensuring that text always looks as expected. Hide Backgrounds replaces Web page backgrounds with a white background, which adds clarity to black-and-white prints. The PDF Creation Inspector contains many additional options, which you can use to embed multimedia files, optimize file size, and more. For more information, see PDF creation options.

    Creation tab of PDF Creation Inspector

4. Smooth text, line art, and images.

    To smooth jagged edges in text, line art, and images, select the appropriate Smooth options in the View palette.

    Smoothing affects only on-screen appearance in Acrobat applications and is especially effective for large type.

    Smooth options in the View palette

5. Export the PDF file.

    Click the Export button in the toolbar, and save the PDF file in your site folder.

    If you plan to incorporate PDF files into a site, always save them in the site folder. In that location, you can manage PDF links with the same site management tools used for HTML links. For more information, see Editing links and URLs sitewide.

    PDF Export button

6. Link to the PDF file from the Web page.

    Click the Layout tab to edit the Web page, and add the text Print-friendly version in an appropriate location. Select the text, and link it to the PDF file by using the Text Inspector. Then save the Web page.

    You've successfully incorporated a print-friendly PDF into your site. In the future, you can link from a Web page to specific PDF bookmarks or pages (see Linking files). You can also link from PDF files to destinations in your site and elsewhere on the Web (see Editing PDF link regions).

    Text Inspector