Section 150. Save a Web Page

150. Save a Web Page

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

142 Navigate the Web

If you're browsing the Internet for information and you find an especially useful web page, you might want to save its contents to you computer's hard disk for further review. If you simply bookmark the page, you can return at any time, but that does not guarantee that the page's information will still be the same or that the page will still be available.

150. Save a Web Page

When you save a web page by following the steps in this task, sometimes all the graphics are not saved, even when you choose to save them with the page. This is not an error, but rather a reflection of the web page's design. If you want to ensure that all graphics are saved, you might want to install and use Scrapbook, a Firefox extension. See 152 Customize the Browser . Scrapbook also lets you capture a portion of a web page, a linked web page without displaying it, or just an image if you like.

151. Manage Your Downloads

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

142 Navigate the Web

Some web pages provide links to files you can copy (download) to your computer. Rather than wait for a download to finish, you might want to continue working in Firefox, browsing the Internet. The Download Manager allows you to do just that, because it keeps track of the file(s) you download and their statistics as you work. For example, at any time during a download session, you can display the Download Manager and see just how much of a large file has been copied to your system and how much longer it might take to complete the job. If there's a problem during the download, you can retry the process with a simple click of a button. You can even pause and resume the process if downloading is slowing down your computer too much.

151. Manage Your Downloads

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Files are downloaded to the Desktop by default, but you can place them in a different folder if you like. Choose Tools, Options , click the Downloads button, and select the download options you want, such as which folder you want to use for downloading and whether you want Download Manager to appear automatically every time you select a file to download.