# About saving and printing Web pages

As you view Web pages, you’re likely to find information that you’d like to save for future reference or share with other people, especially those who don’t have access to the Web or a computer. In Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can save a Web page or any part of a Web page — such as a picture, link, or text — to your computer. You can also copy text, links, and pictures from a Web page to another document.

In Internet Explorer, you can save a Web page in these formats:

- Web Archive When you save a Web page as a Web archive, you can save the pages and files it links to as a single file. That way, when you open the Web archive in Internet Explorer, you can see the Web page as it appears on the Web — even when you’re not connected to the Internet. And because the Web pages are saved in a single file, you can easily move the Web archive to another computer.
- HTML Source When you save a Web page as an HTML Source document, Internet Explorer saves only the page’s HTML code in a text-only file. When you open the file in Internet Explorer, you can see the formatted text, but you can not see any pictures or movies, or hear any sounds the Web page contains.
- Plain Text When you save a Web page as a Plain Text document, Internet Explorer saves the page’s text in a text-only file.

If you want to save a Web page by printing it, you can save paper — and avoid surprises — by previewing the printed version of the page before you print it. You can also fine-tune your printing options to make sure it prints the way you want.

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Save a Web page

1. On the File menu, click Save As.
2. Specify a name and location for the file.
3. On the Format pop-up menu, click the format you want.
4. Click Save.

| If the Web page contains frames, you can save it as a Web Archive format file to ensure that the page appears as it does on the Web.

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Copy text from a Web page

1. Select the text you want to copy.
2. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
3. Switch to the document you want to copy the text to.
4. Click where you want the text to appear, and then click Paste on the Edit menu.

| To select all of the text on a page quickly, click anywhere in the page, and then click Select All on the Edit menu.

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Save a picture

- Do one of the following:
  - To save the picture as a file, drag the picture to your desktop or a folder.
  - To copy the picture to a document, drag the picture to the location you want.

| You can also save a picture as a file by pointing to the picture, holding down the mouse button, and then clicking Download Image to Disk on the contextual menu.
| You can also copy a picture by pointing to the picture, holding down the mouse button, and then clicking Copy Image on the contextual menu.

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Copy a Web page address

- Do one of the following:
  - To copy the address of the current page, drag the page’s icon from the Address Bar to the location you want.
  - To copy the destination address of a link, point to the link, hold down the mouse button, and then click Copy Link to Clipboard on the contextual menu.

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Save the destination file of a link

1. Point to the link, hold down the mouse button, and then click Download Link to Disk on the contextual menu.
2. Specify a name and location for the file.
3. Click Save.

| If the destination file of the link you’re saving is a Web page, Microsoft Internet Explorer saves it as an HTML Source file.

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Preview a Web page before printing

1. If the page you want to print is contained in a frame, click anywhere in the frame.
2. On the File menu, click Print Preview.
3. To change how the page will print, select the options you want.

| To change the size of text when printed, click Larger or Smaller in the print preview window.

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Print a Web page

1. If the page you want to print is contained in a frame, click anywhere in the frame.
2. On the File menu, click Print.
3. Select the printing options you want, and then click Print.

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Change printer options

1. On the File menu, click Page Setup.
2. Select the page attributes and printer options you want.

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