Saving to a PDF
- If you can, it is best to search for your articles in Google Chrome because Chrome makes it really easy to save an electronic copy of the article.
- Once you find an article you want to keep, select Ctrl+P (or select “Print” from the options menu).
- For the Printer, select “Save as PDF.” In this dialogue box, scroll through the pages and make sure it looks like the article is going to save in a readable format (some web pages resist being saved or printed).
- Click “Save” and Navigate to the location on your computer where you want to save the article.
- Click “Save.” CHECK THE FILE on your computer and make sure it actually saved in a readable format. If it did, please print a hard copy of the article if you are able. If it didn’t print in a readable format WITH THE URL VISIBLE, you will need to follow the directions, below, for saving it to a document file.
- Find an article you want to keep.
- Open a new document file and save the empty document on your computer. Name the empty document the name of the article you are saving to make it easier to find later.
- On the web page, click ONE time in the navigation bar at the top to highlight the URL. Copy (Ctrl+C) the URL and Paste (Ctrl+V) it to the top line of the empty document.
- Press enter to go to the next line of the document.
- Back on the web page, start at the top and highlight the entire article, along with the title and the author’s name.
- With everything highlighted, Copy (Ctrl+C) the information and Paste (Ctrl+V) it into the document underneath the URL you already pasted there.
- Save the document. This should give you an electronic copy of the entire document, along with the URL. Print the article if possible.