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Right PDF adds Right PDF printer to your list of printers, and installs Right PDF extension in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Firefox. Right PDF printer enables users to convert the entire page, selected content, or custom range. There are also options such as password encryption, watermarks, font embedding, compression level, and navigation settings for the resulting PDF documents.

Using the Right PDF extension commands, you can convert the web page currently displayed to PDF in various ways. You can append the converted web page to an existing PDF, attach it to a new email message, or send it to DMS. The process of installing the extension varies depending on the browser you use. See the following:

  • In Google Chrome, click the Customize and control Google Chrome icon and choose More tools > Extensions. At the bottom of the Extensions page, click Get more extensions; or, at the top left corner, click the Main menu button to expand the Extensions menu and select Open Chrome Web Store. In the Chrome Web Store page that opens, type in Right PDF in the Search the store box at the upper left corner of the screen and press Enter. Click the ADD TO CHROME button and Add extension to add to the browser.

  • In Microsoft Edge, Right PDF extension will show automatically up on the IE add-on toolbar once Right PDF Pro or Converter is installed. If you don’t see it, right-click on the toolbar and choose Right PDF Toolbar from the menu. Click Enable to enable this add-on and you will see an  icon on the toolbar.

  • In Firefox, click on the Open menu button at the upper right corner and choose Add-ons. In the panel to the left choose Extensions and you are able to see the Right PDF extension. Click the Enable Then click on the Open menu button again and click on Customize. In the customize mode, simply drag the Right PDF icon  to the browser toolbar.

Convert a web page to PDF

Use either the Right PDF printer or the Right PDF extension to convert the entire web page to PDF.

 

Printer

  1. Go to the web page using Edge, Firefox or Chrome.

  2. To access the Print window, do one of the following:

    • Right-click on the web page and select Print.

    • Press Ctrl+ P on your keyboard to call out the Print window.

  1. (Take Chrome as an example) The preview of the resulting PDF document is available on the right side of the Print window.

  2. Select Right PDF as the printer.

  3. Change conversion settings via the options below. Click the Show more settings button to see additional options:

    • Pages. Choose to print all or specify a range of pages to print.

    • Page Layout. Set page orientation of the resulting PDF to Landscape or Portrait.

    • Page size. The default page size is set to A4. Select a preset page size from the options.

    • Margins. Select a predefined margin or define a new margin.

    • Quality. Change print quality.

    • Options. Check Headers and footers to add date and subject as headers and web address and page number as footers. Check Background graphics to display page background in the resulting PDF.

  1. Click Print.

 

Right PDF extension

Use the extension commands to convert the currently open web page to PDF and further manage the output PDF files. You can add it to an existing PDF, send it as an email attachment, or save it to DMS.

  1. Go to a web page using Edge, Firefox or Chrome.

  2. Click on the arrow (Edge and Firefox) next to the Right PDF extension icon to display the command menu, and do the following:

    • To create a PDF from the currently open web page, choose the Convert to PDF. Then select a location, type a filename (or keep the automatically created filename) and click Save.

    • To add the output PDF file to another PDF existing in your computer, choose Convert and add to existing PDF. Then locate and select the existing PDF file to which the converted web page is added and click Save.

    • To convert the currently open web page and send the output PDF file as an email attachment, choose Convert and Email. Then specify a location and a filename for the PDF, and click Save. The output PDF file is automatically attached in a new email message that opens after the conversion is complete. Type in any information and click Send.

    • To send the output PDF file to DMS, choose Convert and send to DMS. In the DMS Selection dialog box that opens, select SharePoint and click OK. In the SharePoint dialog box, click Manage… and type or paste an IP address in the Site field. Click Add to move the site IP to the List box below and click Close. Back to the SharePoint dialog box, select a site IP from the Select a site drop-down menu and click on Connect. Then click on Save and in the Save as name dialog box, rename the file and click OK.

    • (Optional) Choose Preferences… and check the option View result PDF to automatically open the output PDF after conversion. Click OK.

Convert part of a web page to PDF

Right PDF printer allows converting selected parts of the currently open web page to PDF. Right PDF Extension does not support converting selection.

  1. Drag the pointer to select text and images on a web page and do one of the following:

    • Right-click on the selected content and select Print…. (Edge and Chrome only)

    • Press Ctrl + P on your keyboard to call out the Print window.

  1. In the Print dialog box, Right PDF printer is selected by default. Choose Selection (Edge and Firefox) or Selection only (Chrome). You can set up conversion settings as needed. Click Print.

Convert a linked web page to PDF

In the open web page, right-click the linked text and choose one of the following:

  • Convert link target to PDF: convert the linked web page to a new PDF.

  • Convert link target to existing PDF: add the linked web page to an existing PDF. Locate and select the existing PDF, and click Save.

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