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Thread ID: 28326	2002-12-16 18:26:00	Can I save a pdf file from the web browser?	ljhnz (805)	Press F1

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106626	2002-12-16 18:26:00	Hi all I often download and print IR330 forms from the following site: www.ird.govt.nz I'd like to save a copy of this file to avoid having to go online to print the document - is it possible to do? I've tried the usual save as options and nothing works - can't even copy and paste it. Could someone also please tell me what's so great about pdf files - I see (while looking for an answer to my "save as" problem!) a lot of queries asking how to put emails, jpgs etc into pdf format and am wondering why anyone would want to do that? Cheers Lynne	ljhnz (805)
106627	2002-12-16 18:37:00	As soon as I clicked the link you provided it wanted to save and I just pointed it to the desktop and saved it, scanned it and opened it. I have it right now, if you are having trouble downloading it, post a email address and type it as myname at somewhere.com rather than using the @ and I will send it to you. As for your other ? as to why *.pdf is supposed to be better the following blub might answer that. "Adobe(R) Portable Document Format (PDF) is the open de facto standard for electronic document distribution worldwide. PDF is a universal file format that preserves all of the fonts, formatting, colors, and graphics of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it. PDF files are compact and can be shared, viewed, navigated, and printed exactly as intended by anyone with a free Adobe Acrobat(R) Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you should download it. It works from within your browser, or separately. PDF is the ideal format for electronic document distribution because it transcends the problems commonly encountered in electronic file sharing. If you need to complete a form, the PDF file version will properly fit on the printed page. When you need to download or print information, such as brochures, the PDF format will be your best choice."	duckyduck (197)
106628	2002-12-16 18:47:00	Easily - Make a new folder called "PDF" or something - Right Click, and "Save target as" into the folder. Bye	Peter H (220)
106629	2002-12-16 18:50:00	When the form is opened in Acrobat reader there will be an icon on the Acrobat tool bar next to the printer icon which allows you to save the document.	Jim B (153)
106630	2002-12-16 18:52:00	hi duckyduck! The file is opening in the acrobat reader window on my computer - not the browser - is it doing that on yours? :-)	ljhnz (805)
106631	2002-12-16 18:53:00	I assume that you have the Acrobat program on your computer? If so, when you are online you need to open the acrobat file that you wish to save and once it has finished loading you click on the Save icon in Acrobat, ie not in Internet Explorer. (Or go to File>Save in Acrobat.) It will then ask you for a destination on your hard drive to save it to. Acrobat files are good because you only have to have the Acrobat reader program even if the document was originally a Word, Excel, Publisher, etc etc document before conversion to Acrobat. No need for people to have any of those programs for viewing of documents.	Susan B (19)
106632	2002-12-16 18:54:00	Gidday Jim Yep, tried that before and the save as box pops up like it should, but when I hit the "save" button, nothing happens - perhaps I'm not waiting long enough? Will try a sit in now... Lynne	ljhnz (805)
106633	2002-12-16 19:10:00	Ok, I might have mis understood your question....... I thought you were unable to download the file at all. Yes, the file is opening in Acobat Reader but I have also already saved it to the desktop so it is now a stand alone file quite separate from IE or anything. I can't see Susan's suggestion from the Reply window but off memory try her suggestion.	duckyduck (197)
106634	2002-12-16 19:10:00	Thanks folks - got it sussed... I wasn't naming the file correctly - I'd just been leaving the file name the same as what's offered when the "save as" box pops up - as soon as I put my own file name in, it worked. I should have KNOWN that! :-) Toodles Lynne	ljhnz (805)
106635	2002-12-16 20:37:00	>and am wondering why anyone would want to do that? PDFs are great and yes, I create them. Once had a school prospectus created on a Mac in something like Pagemaker. Now very few people would have Macs, let alone programs like Pagemaker. To convert it to HTML for the web would have been a right pain, taken hours and never been quite the same again. Run it through Acrobat, add a link to the file and it's done. Anyone with Reader installed - on both PCs and Macs - can get it in all it's original stunning glory. The IRD would be in a similar situation. Lots of brochures all written by a heavy-duty publishing program. Far, far easier to use Acrobat to convert them than anything else. It's a strange thing about computers. Everyone always assumes that the receiver has the same platform, program - and version - as the sender. Dad sent me my aunt's Christmas letter written in Works to decode for him. My uncle used Word v2 for a long while and couldn't read Dad's Word v5 files (that scenario is now reversed - Dad hasn't upgraded, my uncle has). A lot of publishing companies - for some strange, obscure reason - produce their glossy brochures on Macs. Acrobat solves all these problems.	Heather P (163)
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