Save a Web Page to a PDF

You might occasionally want to have a saved version of a web page for offline viewing.  Perhaps you want to use it in a classroom that has no internet access, or perhaps you want to just save a version because you know the page might change in the future.   You may know that you can save a web page using your browser’s “File -> Save” option.  This saves a version that can be viewed in a web browser, but there are a lot of extra files (the page’s images).  A better option might be to save it to a PDF, a single file with all of the images built-in that anyone can open and view.  PDFMyURL does exactly that.  Give it a try: PDFMyURL

More Screen Zooming Tools

In a previous post, I gave a few options for how to zoom your screen during presentations for students.  Since then, I’ve come across a few others:

• In Windows 7, the built-in screen magnifier has been much improved.  You just have to hit the Windows key and + or – to do a full-screen zoom (the magnifier program will automatically start).  There are a variety of zoom modes, including full-screen, docked, and lens.  It works really well!
• Sysinternals has a cool, free utility called ZoomIt which, in addition to screen zooming, also allows you to draw and write notes on the screen.  It even comes with a built-in timer.
• Magnifiers.org has a whole boatload of other screen magnification utilities.