{"id":13219,"date":"2019-03-27T16:26:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T20:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=13219&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=13219"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:30","slug":"tech-tip-print-friendly-pdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/27\/tech-tip-print-friendly-pdf\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tip: Print Friendly &#038; PDF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/print-friendly.png\" alt=\"print friendly screen capture\" class=\"wp-image-13221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/print-friendly.png 602w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/print-friendly-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/print-friendly-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This month\u2019s tip is a simple, online tool that can be quite helpful if you would like to print a web page or download it as a PDF. Many websites include advertisements, menus, comments, and other items that may not be useful or relevant to your needs. Rather than printing\/downloading the page in its entirety, this tool automatically removes some of the elements and enables you to click-to-delete any other unnecessary content.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After pasting the web page\u2019s URL, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/\"><strong>Print Friendly &amp; PDF<\/strong><\/a> automatically removes ads and simplifies the formatting. It also provides an editable preview that enables you to manually remove and resize content before saving, printing, or sharing. For quicker access, a free browser extension is available which makes the tool only one click away.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve tested similar tools over the years, but prefer Print Friendly &amp; PDF because of its editing options. Many other services provide a stripped down version of the selected web page, but may miss some ads or may even delete some of the important content. The preview prevents these issues and outputs a well-formatted, easy-to-read document.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Have a cool app, tool, or tech tip you&#8217;d like to share?&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:mastersc@umich.edu\">&nbsp;Contact Chase Masters<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><em>Please note that Tech Tips are personal recommendations and might not be officially endorsed or supported by U-M.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s tip is a simple, online tool that can be quite helpful if you would like to print a web page or download it as a PDF. Many websites include advertisements, menus, comments, and other items that may not be useful or relevant to your needs. Rather than printing\/downloading the page in its entirety, this tool automatically\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/27\/tech-tip-print-friendly-pdf\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":9792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[69,385,127,547],"class_list":["post-13219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-professional-development","tag-apps","tag-printing","tag-software","tag-tech-tip"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Chase Masters, University Library","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mastersc\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"This month\u2019s tip is a simple, online tool that can be quite helpful if you would like to print a web page or download it as a PDF. 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