3 Simple Ways to Copy a Web Page Screen

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Last Updated: November 6, 2024 Fact Checked

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That recipe page definitely needs to be saved somewhere on your computer. But how? You can easily save an entire web page as a PDF or a screenshot. You can also manually copy the text. This wikiHow article will teach you how to copy a web page as text or a picture.

Easy Ways to Copy an Entire Webpage

To copy a web page to a PDF, press Ctrl + P (PC) or Cmd + P (Mac), select Save as PDF, and click Save.
To copy the text from a webpage, press Ctrl + A (PC) or Cmd + A (Mac), right-click the selection and choose Copy, then paste it into a new document.
Take a screenshot of a webpage using the Windows key + Prt Scr shortcut on a PC, or Cmd + Shift + 3 on a Mac.

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Navigate to the web page you want to copy. You can do this in any web browser like Chrome, Safari, and Firefox on either Mac or Windows.
- This is definitely the easiest way to get a copy of that web page. You'll give the browser a command to print the entire page, but you'll save it as a PDF instead.
This keyboard shortcut will tell your web browser to print the current page.

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" You can also make changes to the number of pages you're saving (if the info you need is on the first page, you don't need to save the other pages as well).
Once you do this, that web page will be copied to a PDF on your computer.

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You'll need something that accepts text as well as images like Google Docs, Pages, or Word.
You can do this in any web browser like Chrome, Safari, and Firefox.
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Press Ctrl+A (Windows) or ⌘ Cmd+A (Mac). This keyboard shortcut will select everything on the page.
- If you have specific areas that you want to copy, use your mouse and drag to select text.
This keyboard shortcut will copy the selection.
Many modern computers allow you to press Alt + Tab to switch active windows.
This keyboard shortcut will paste everything you've copied to the word processor you have open (like Word, Docs, or Pages).
You should be able to see both text and images in your pasted text and can save the document for later viewing.

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You can do this in any web browser like Chrome, Safari, and Firefox.
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Resize the page. This method will only capture what's visible on your screen. If you have content you want to save that requires you to scroll down, you can either resize the text on the page or take multiple screenshots.
- To make the text smaller, press CTRL + Minus (-) or CMD + Minus (-).
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Take a screenshot. The keyboard shortcuts for this vary depending on what you want to do and what operating system you are using.
- If you're using a Mac, press Cmd + Shift + 3 and the screenshot will be saved in a new file (if you haven't changed the location, this will be saved to your desktop). You'll need to scroll down the website and take more screenshots as needed to capture all the website's information that you want.^{[1]
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- If you're using Windows, press Win + Prt Scr and the screenshot will be saved in a new file (if you haven't changed the location, this will be in your Screenshots folder in File Explorer). You'll need to scroll down the website and take more screenshots as needed to capture all the website's information that you want.^{[2]
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There are also numerous extensions or addons that you can get for your web browser that will allow you to take a screenshot of an entire web page at once.

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