How to take a screenshot of an entire webpage in Chrome and Firefox
The screenshot are very useful in certain situations, in particular at work or at leisure via our various devices; There are many reasons you want to save a screenshot, from finishing reading an article later to saving proof of purchase online. Therefore, and after learning to do captures screen on macOS computers as Mac ou MacBook by Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), now , we you offer a complete tutorial for making captures screen of a complete web page in the two people Google Chrome et Mozilla Firefox , two of internet browsersMost popular; In addition, in each case we will have two options to save the capture, as image or PDF . Here is how to take screenshots of entire web pages through Chrome and Firefox .
How to take screenshots in Chrome and Firefox
The reasons why we may need to capture a complete web page are quite diverse, from the printing the web page itself in the safeguard of pictures or articles which interest us. Therefore, we offer you all the solutions to capture web pages as screenshot in Google Chrome et Mozilla Firefox .
How to Capture a Website in Chrome as an Image
To save an entire web page as an image in Google Chrome, the first thing to do is to download an extension for this one; Among the most popular , full page screenshot , which we can download from its official web address in Google Chrome .
To add extensions to Google Chrome, just click on the button that appears as + Add to Chrome through the Google Chrome store itself; Next to this button will appear all the information about the extension of full page screenshot .
The installation will take a few seconds; Once completed, a window will inform us that the process is already completed, adding a new icon in the form of a camera on the right side of the address bar.
Now on the webpage that we want to capture via Chrome, we just have to click on said icon in camera form; The screenshot process will start automatically, which will last a few seconds and will show us icons that will remind us of the mythical arcade game Pac-Man .
When finished, a preview of the screenshot will appear; We can download image in PNG format on our computer via the icon Save image with the shape of a down arrow in a box.
How to Capture Website in Chrome as PDF
On the other hand, we can also save the screenshots in PDF format, particularly suitable for the impressions or copy to eBook and compatible with most applications. To do this, the first step is to access the Google Chrome options menu via button with three vertical dots located to the right of the browser's address bar.
With the menu displayed, access the option Print ; A window will open to configure printing even if the goal is to print nothing at all. Instead, we have to click on the button Edit located in the option Destination .
A new options window opens with the title Select a destination . In the Local destinations section, you have to click on the option Save as PDF to return to the previous window.
Now the button Print became Save ; tap on it and choose the destination to save the new screenshot PDF file. Once you have decided on the destination of the file, click Save . The system will save a PDF file of the entire web page to multiple pages if the website is long.
How to capture a website in Firefox as an image
In the case of Firefox, the process is reverse to that of Chrome, i.e. Mozilla's browser is able to directly save screenshots of web pages as images, but instead has need a specific extension to save in PDF format. Let's see how to capture as an image first.
To capture web pages as an image in Firefox, we have to resort to the tool Firefox Screenshots ; to access it, click on the icon Firefox Screenshots in the form of scissors accessible via the icon with three points to the right of the Firefox address bar.
We will automatically access a window for crop and edit image the web page we want to capture; We can move the crop area or make it bigger or smaller, all to select only the area that interests us the most. It is also possible to move the framing vertically to capture the full height of the website.
When we have selected the screenshot area, we need to press the button Save ; We can also press the button Download in the form of a down arrow, but sometimes it causes errors, so the safest is to use Save .
Once we save the capture of the webpage, it will be stored in the cloud of our Firefox account, an image that will be accessible during the 14 coming days ; it will also be copied to the clipboard du system. If you want to save the image to your computer, just press Download and PNG image will be stored with the capture of the site.
How to capture a website in Firefox as PDF
If we want to capture web pages in PDF format in Firefox, first we need to download a compatible extension such as PDF Mage , completely free and very popular. To do this, download the extension via its official address in Firefox .
When we are in the official PDF Mage page, we have to click on the blue button + Add to Firefox ; This extension will be downloaded and installed automatically and in a few seconds using the button Add .
Go back to the web page you want to capture in Firefox and click on the PDF Mage icon located in the right corner of the toolbar with the shape of the letters PDF and a magician's hat.
After a few moments, PDF Mage will automatically open the PDF image of the web page capture; If you want to save the file, click on the download icon represented by a leaf and an arrow pointing down, located at the top right of the screen.
