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How to Save a Web Page as a PDF in Google Chrome on a Mac
What you need: A Mac and the web page you want to keep, such as an order confirmation or an article, open in Google Chrome. Chrome's symbol is a circle of red, yellow and green around a blue dot. You do not need a printer: these steps make a PDF file instead of a paper copy.
Steps
- Click the Google Chrome symbol in the Dock, the row of app icons along the edge of the screen.
- Check that Google Chrome appears beside the Apple menu at the top of the screen and that the web page you want to keep is showing. If it is on another tab, click that tab at the top of the Chrome window. If it is in another Chrome window, click Window in the menu bar at the top of the screen, then click the web page's name near the bottom of the list.
- Click the three dots standing one above the other (More) at the upper-right corner of the Chrome window. A menu opens.
- Click Print. Chrome's Print window opens. Wait until a picture of the page appears on its left side.
- On the right side, click the box beside Destination to open its list, then click Save as PDF. Check that Save as PDF is now shown beside Destination and that the blue button at the bottom says Save. If Save as PDF is not in the list, click Cancel and stop here.
- Click Save. Nothing is printed on paper. A box with a Save As field opens.
- Click the Save As field three times quickly to highlight all the text in it, then type a short name you will recognize, such as Order confirmation. Leave the other boxes in it as they are.
- Click the Where menu, which shows a place name, then click Documents in the list. If you see a larger window with a list of places on its left side instead, click Documents in that list.
- Click Save. The box closes. If a message asks whether to replace a file that already exists, click Cancel, do step 7 again with a different name, and click Save again.
- Click Finder (the blue smiling face) in the Dock.
- In the menu bar at the top of the screen, click Go, then Documents.
Expected result: Documents shows a new file with the name you typed, such as Order confirmation. Its name may end with .pdf. Scroll down to see more files if you do not see it. This file is the PDF of the web page.
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