Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
I can't tell you how many times I have gone to a bookmark only to find that the page is no longer there, or while the page was there perhaps the pictures attached to it or linked to it are now missing or broken links. Its frustrating as I am sure you all can share.
In order to prevent this or at least minimize it, over the years I have come across 3 methods that seem to work well.
Most modern browsers, Chrome, Safari, etc, allow you to save an entire page as a PDF file. Even if they do not directly support that function there are dozens of printer drivers that support "printing" a web page directly to a PDF file.
So that is method one. And it works, but can be hard to search if you are not careful with your naming conventions of your files.
Method 2 and 3 differ only with the product used. Evernote and OneNote. I used to use Evernote and its web clipper browser extensions to clip entire pages into Evernote notebooks but that has gotten more and more expensive over the years. Their premium account is necessary for large amounts of data.
Its pluses are that your files are automatically backed up into the "cloud" as well as having local copies.
OneNote, by Microsoft, is a part of Microsoft Office but can also be obtained free as a standalone. It also has a web clipper extension for most browsers and works pretty much the same way as Evernote. Like Evernote it also has applications for iPhones as well as Android based phones. Also free!
If you acquire a free Microsoft email account you can get up to one terabyte of free online storage through their application called OneDrive. OneNote happily saves files (notebooks) either locally or in the cloud via OneDrive and syncs these files.
OneNote and Evernote are fully searchable applications and your notes preserve working hyperlinks that were contained in the original web page. All the images are copied as well, and the page in your Notebook looks exactly like the web page it came from for the most part.
Probably preaching to the choir here and not saying anything new, but if this helps at least one person I will consider it a good investment of my time!
In order to prevent this or at least minimize it, over the years I have come across 3 methods that seem to work well.
Most modern browsers, Chrome, Safari, etc, allow you to save an entire page as a PDF file. Even if they do not directly support that function there are dozens of printer drivers that support "printing" a web page directly to a PDF file.
So that is method one. And it works, but can be hard to search if you are not careful with your naming conventions of your files.
Method 2 and 3 differ only with the product used. Evernote and OneNote. I used to use Evernote and its web clipper browser extensions to clip entire pages into Evernote notebooks but that has gotten more and more expensive over the years. Their premium account is necessary for large amounts of data.
Its pluses are that your files are automatically backed up into the "cloud" as well as having local copies.
OneNote, by Microsoft, is a part of Microsoft Office but can also be obtained free as a standalone. It also has a web clipper extension for most browsers and works pretty much the same way as Evernote. Like Evernote it also has applications for iPhones as well as Android based phones. Also free!
If you acquire a free Microsoft email account you can get up to one terabyte of free online storage through their application called OneDrive. OneNote happily saves files (notebooks) either locally or in the cloud via OneDrive and syncs these files.
OneNote and Evernote are fully searchable applications and your notes preserve working hyperlinks that were contained in the original web page. All the images are copied as well, and the page in your Notebook looks exactly like the web page it came from for the most part.
Probably preaching to the choir here and not saying anything new, but if this helps at least one person I will consider it a good investment of my time!
