Mini-tutorial: Save tuts (and other website pages) in PDF format - Quick, Free, & Easy!

Hey Scrappers!  Hope your week is off to a great start!

My kiddos (14yo freshman, David, and 18yo senior, Eliza) started school today - which is a really big change for us, as we have homeschooled up until now!  Eliza started public school in 9th grade, so she's an old pro, but today is David's first day!  He was a little nervous, I think, but also excited about a new adventure - and being able to see his friends more, which he's happy about.  :)  But me?  I'm not sure yet... the house is awfully quiet... kind of lonesome, actually.  But I should definitely have a little more free time during the day now, SO, I decided to start off MY new "schedule" with doing another mini-tutorial!  Tuts are something I've wanted to add to my blog occasionally, for some time now, but never seemed to find the time to do them... Today I had time!   :)

SO, I put together a quick little tutorial on how to EASILY make a PDF file out of any web-page  you like.  I have done this for some tutorials I've found online for Photoshop and Illustrator, digi-scrap tuts, etc., and I really like having them stored so I can do them anytime, even if I'm not online.  (Be sure to follow any site's copyright, and do NOT share your PDFs with anyone - just give your friend the website's URL instead - sharing your PDF from a website could violate the site's copyright.)   I originally started this tut using a fun little tut from Shelleyrae, posted on ScrapbookBytes, but then realized I would probably be violating their copyright, so I just re-did the first image using my own mini-tutorial on making a chart for PSCS5 keyboard shortcuts.

The first thing you'll need is some type of PDF software.  If you have Adobe Acrobat, that works great... but if you don't, that's okay too, because there are free PDF-readers around that can do the job as well.  Nitro PDF reader is one I found recently, that I really love!  It is super-easy to use, and totally free!  Find it HERE - and be sure to watch the little video about the features - I think you'll agree it's a fantastic little app for free!

OK!  Now, if you've got your PDF software installed, just follow these 3 easy steps: 
(you can click on the images to see full-size, if you want to see them larger)
Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3: 

And that's it!  The PDF should open for you as soon as it is finished (very quickly, unless your selection was very large)  Another easy one, right?  (Maybe y'all already knew how to do this, but I'm sure there must be SOMEBODY else like me, who didn't always know how to do this! )  ;)   

I hope someone finds this useful!  (If you do, please consider hitting one of the "share" buttons below this post, so others can find it as well)  :)

OK, quick commercial:  our Back-2-School Sale is still on at ScrapDish!  I've got everything in my shop (excluding custom silhouette-portraits) marked 40% off (including CU items!)... AND, it gets even better:  If you tweet this, or post on Facebook, about my sale, send me a link (jilldzines AT gmail DOT com), and I'll send you a coupon for an additional 20% off!

That's it for today!  I gotta say - so many people left me such nice comments for the latest Blog-Train freebie - that really made me smile!  Thanks for your nice comments!   And thanks for stopping today - I hope you have a terrific rest-of-the-week!  :) 

Oh - one more thing - Do you have any specific things that you would like to see a tutorial for?  (either in Photoshop, Illustrator, or for some specific digi-scrap technique).  I can't promise I'll be able to do every request (because I obviously don't know how to do EVERYthing! LOL!), but if it's something I know, and not something that would take many hours to do, I'll see if I can get it done for you!