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Windows XP Pro Desktop - Windows Paint - Chrome Browser
I'm trying to save a full webpage as an image so I can post it to message boards. As an alternative, saving the URL is fastest and easiest, but there's no guaranteed access at a future date. I want a permanent image I can access at any time.
Screen captures work fine but I only get half the page along with my toolbar and taskbar (I just want the page contents, not my desktop). I have a third-party capture tool but it doesn't scroll the screen to capture the full page.
Using Chrome, I can use CONTROL > A to select the full page, then I can right-click the highlited screen and select COPY - that's where I hit a wall. I can find no place to paste this as an image. I can paste it in Notepad as .txt, but I need the image
I've tried saving to various folders (Documents, My Pictures, etc..) and get the same result. Whenever I try to open the file or folder, I find it's been broken down into about 30 individual files each being one component of the full page (Header, footer, etc..). I have no printer or fax so I can't utilize any screen functions related to those.
Is there a way to select the full page (as an image, not text) and save it directly into MS Paint or just as a .jpg or other image file?
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Screen captures work fine
What do you mean by this?
The Print Scrn key will copy a full desktop image to the clipboard (I know you only want the web page but read on)...
Tricky
This is an update
Using only Windows XP, I have discovered how to copy a full webpage (including the hidden scrollable area). This does not save as .JPG or .PNG. This will save it as Webpage, Complete, or Webpage, HTML Only. The irony is, I was aware of these file types earlier (see previous posts) and didn't recognize the names after saving to my Capture folder.
The only tricky part is selecting the correct area of the screen to right-select on. Right-Select on a spot that will pop up this window: (You may have to Right-Select several areas to get the correct one)
<added info> Note: This is for Google Chrome browser <added info>
Back
Forward (may be ghosted)
Reload (Refresh)
Save As...
Print...
(...etc....etc..
(not Save Image As...
(not Copy Image URL
(not Copy Image
(these will not do the trick
Left-Select Save As... and save it as - save as type: Webpage, Complete in your picture folder (or whatever.. my folder is named Captures). That's it!
This is an update
Using XP only (no third party widgets), I've discovered how to capture a complete webpage (including the scrollable, hidden parts). I was onto it in an earlier post but didn't recognize what I had.
You may have to Right-Select several areas to find the correct menu as this is not apparent.
<added info> Using Google Chrome browser <added info>
Right-Select on an area that will bring up this menu:
Back
Forward
Refresh (Reload)
Save As...
Print...
Translate to English
View page source
View page info
Inspect element
Left-Select Save As... and save as - type: Webpage, Complete. I save mine to my Captures folder.
That's it! Just make sure you take note of the filename as you're saving it so you'll recognize it when you see it again.
An interesting feature.. the webpage I was working with would pop-up little I.D. info windows when hovering the cursor. That feature was captured along with the image. I have a functioning page instead of a static image.
Hi, Tricky
Your suggestion is what I meant by 'screen captures work fine'. Print Screen only captures the viewable portion of the screen (including the desktop), not the full webpage itself. It does a wonderful job of that, but I'd like to somehow capture the full webpage, saving it directly as a .jpg image or pasting it into Paint with the same results as you've outlined.
I see Google Chrome has 'Webpage & WebCam Screenshot' that auto scrolls the page to capture full content. I may have to use that.
I just had a dangerous thought. XP allows for screen rotation. I may play around with that as it would give me about three additional viewable inches of a webpage. After saving, I could rotate the screen back to normal and adjust the .jpg image when needed. That would solve my immediate problem, but many more of the webpages I browse are as long as a Buick and may prove impractical.
Apologies, I hadn't appreciated that you wanted the whole of a scrollable web page.
I have heard of people using Snagit to capture web pages though I have no personal experience and therefore this post should not be taken as an endorsement in any way. It boasts capturing a scrolling window here...
http://www.techsmith.com/snagit-features-list.html
It does not appear to be freeware, so I cannot say whether or not it would be financially viable to you, but does have a free trial so you could at least evaluate its efficacy.
Tricky
