Save a web page as a PDF

Any web page can become a PDF through your browser’s print dialog, and any PDF can go into Living Page. It’s a good route for an article, a report published as a web page, or a page you want to keep as it looks today.

Know what you’ll get first. A web page is one long scroll; a PDF is a stack of paper-sized pages. The browser cuts the page wherever each sheet runs out, which can split a photo or a table across two pages. For anything important, export from the tool that made the page if you can (Google Docs, Word, Canva…), and use this for everything else.

Chrome

File → Print (Ctrl+P, or ⌘P on a Mac).
Set the destination to Save as PDF.
Open the extra settings and check:
- Paper size: A4 or Letter.
- Background graphics: turn on, or coloured backgrounds and many images disappear.
- Headers and footers: turn off, or every page gets the date, the page title and the web address printed in its margins.
Save.

Microsoft Edge

Settings and more (…) → Print (Ctrl+P).
Choose to save as a PDF.
Under More settings: turn Background graphics on and Headers and footers off. Margins and Scale are here too.
Save.

Safari on a Mac

File → Print.
Click Show Details if you only see a short dialog, and choose Safari from the options menu. Turn on printing of backgrounds, and turn off headers and footers.
At the bottom of the dialog, open the PDF menu and choose Save as PDF.

Before you upload

Remove what you don’t need. If your browser has a reader or simplified view, which strips menus, adverts and cookie banners, printing from that view gives a much cleaner PDF.
Check the page breaks. Scroll through the PDF. If a table or photo is split badly, try the other paper orientation, or a smaller scale.
Click a link. Whether links survive depends on the browser and the page. If one opens in the PDF, it will open in the reader. See Keeping links clickable.
Only publish what you have the right to. A page someone else wrote is still theirs. See our acceptable use policy.