When you click a web link in the Adobe PDF version of the web page and it links to an unconverted page, Acrobat downloads and converts that page to Adobe PDF.

1. Navigate through the converted website until you find a web link to an unconverted page. We used the “Events & Promotions” link below the Adobe Press title bar.

   NOTE

   The pointer changes to a pointing finger when positioned over a web link, and the URL of the link is displayed.
2. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the web link, and choose Append to Document from the context menu.

   The Download Status dialog box again displays the status of the download. When the download and conversion are complete, the linked page appears in the Acrobat window. A bookmark for the page is added to the Bookmarks list.

3. Choose File > Save As, rename the file Web1.pdf, and save it.
4. When you’re finished looking at your converted web pages, exit Acrobat.

Next, you’ll convert web pages directly from Internet Explorer.

Converting Web Pages in Internet Explorer (Windows)

If you’ve ever had the frustrating experience of printing a web page from your browser only to discover portions of the page missing, you’ll love the Acrobat feature that allows you to create and print an Adobe PDF version of the web page without ever leaving your browser.

On Windows, Acrobat adds a button with a menu to the toolbar of Internet Explorer (version 6 and later), which allows you to convert the currently displayed web page (or a selected portion of the page) to an Adobe PDF file or convert and print it, email it, or send it for review in one easy operation. When you print a web page that you’ve converted to an Adobe PDF file, the page is reformatted to a standard page size and logical page breaks are added.

First you’ll set the preferences used to create Adobe PDF pages from your web pages.

Conversion Preferences

You set conversion preferences from the menu on the Convert button that Acrobat adds to the Internet Explorer toolbar.

1. Open Internet Explorer and navigate to a favorite web page. We opened the Peachpit Press home page at http://www.peachpit.com.
2. In Internet Explorer, click the arrow next to the Convert button and choose Preferences from the menu. These preferences are the same as described in the earlier section “Options for Converting Web Pages.”
3. Click Cancel to exit the dialog box without making any changes.

Next you’ll convert the Peachpit Press home page to Adobe PDF.

Converting Selected Portions of Web Pages

1. In Internet Explorer, navigate to the web page that you want to convert. We navigated to the Peachpit Press home page (http://www.peachpit.com).
2. Click the Select button on the toolbar to activate the advanced selection tool. Notice that as you drag your pointer over the page that content is highlighted with a red box .
3. You’ll select the New Title and Articles content. Move your pointer in the area of the New Titles heading. Notice that the text block containing the three book covers is enclosed in a red box. Click in the box to confirm the selection. Then move your pointer in the area of the Articles heading. Again, notice that the block of text is enclosed in a red box. Ctrl-click to add this to the selection.
4. Click the arrow next to the Convert button on the Internet Explorer toolbar to expand the drop-down menu, and choose Convert Web Page to PDF.
5. In the Convert Web Page to Adobe PDF dialog box, name the file PeachpitHome.pdf. Then click Save. Your selected text is converted to PDF and the file automatically opens in Acrobat.