Re: [CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-18 Thread Jordan
Ahh, yes. But you sounded like you were looking for a replacement for printing web pages out. Fred Holmes wrote: At 07:36 PM 10/17/2009, Jordan wrote: Some of us suggested saving pages as a PDF. It's really the best alternative to printing out a web page. (it's a far superior solution to

Re: [CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-17 Thread Fred Holmes
When you say, The text disappeared exactly what happened. The .htm file still exits but is zero bytes? the .htm file is gone altogether? The text has been stripped out of the .htm file? How long is the period of time? A few minutes? After one or more reboots? After some discernable

Re: [CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-17 Thread Jordan
Some of us suggested saving pages as a PDF. It's really the best alternative to printing out a web page. (it's a far superior solution to me) Is this not possible with Windows? computerg...@att.net wrote: Hello all: Thank you everyone who replied to my post a while back. Briefly, I am

Re: [CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-17 Thread Fred Holmes
At 07:36 PM 10/17/2009, Jordan wrote: Some of us suggested saving pages as a PDF. It's really the best alternative to printing out a web page. (it's a far superior solution to me) Is this not possible with Windows? It's quite possible with windows, although up through XP it's not a built-in

Re: [CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-13 Thread John Settle
computerg...@att.net wrote: Adobe looks like an expensive option. It is. You might want to investigate CutePDF and Foxit PDF .Both offer free evaluation versions and more capable paid versions. They both work well with Firefox. CutePDF has a PDF writer that is free and does not hassle

[CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-12 Thread computerguys
Hello all: Thank you everyone who replied to my post a while back. Briefly, I am trying to save web pages in my computer, rather than print them out and have lots of paper laying around. Per the advice here, I updated my Firefox to the latest version and was able to save the complete

Re: [CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-12 Thread Tom Piwowar
On Oct 12, 2009, at 6:05 AM, computerg...@att.net wrote: Thank you everyone who replied to my post a while back. Briefly, I am trying to save web pages in my computer, rather than print them out and have lots of paper laying around. Per the advice here, I updated my Firefox to the latest

[CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-12 Thread Jordan
I've been away and I don't know if anyone suggested this, but I think for some circumstances making a PDF of a web page is the best way to save the info. It's perfect for receipts. * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-12 Thread Mike Sloane
I used the scrapbook add-on to FireFox, and it worked very well. It saves the pages as html files wherever you want to put them. Mike Jordan wrote: I've been away and I don't know if anyone suggested this, but I think for some circumstances making a PDF of a web page is the best way to save

Re: [CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-12 Thread Tom Piwowar
On Oct 12, 2009, at 12:36 PM, Mike Sloane wrote: I used the scrapbook add-on to FireFox, and it worked very well. It saves the pages as html files wherever you want to put them. I have not tried Scrapbook, but I worry about any archive format that uses HTML to save its files. How does

Re: [CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-12 Thread computerguys
Thank you. Yes I remember being referred to Scrapbook and PDF files. I was not able to locate the scrapbook add-on for some reason and Adobe looks like an expensive option. After some success at obtaining what I needed I thought I was in the clear, but to my dismay, all the text vanished,

Re: [CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-12 Thread b_s-wilk
On Oct 12, 2009, at 6:05 AM, computerg...@att.net wrote: Thank you everyone who replied to my post a while back. Briefly, I am trying to save web pages in my computer, rather than print them out and have lots of paper laying around. Per the advice here, I updated my Firefox to the latest