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How to export

Save a webpage as PDF

There is no preview step; the export starts right after you click.

Choose the PDF option that fits your goal: capture the whole page, or save only a selected region.

Save a whole page

1. Open the page you want to save.
2. Click the Web Paperize icon in Chrome's toolbar.
3. Choose PDF as the format, then click “Save as PDF”.

Save only a region of the page

In the Web Paperize panel, choose PDF and click “Pick an element…”. Then:

1. Move the mouse to locate the region you want to save.
2. Use the ↑ / ↓ keys to adjust the target if you want to fine-tune the area.
3. Click the region, and the export starts immediately.

Clicking the region itself confirms the export—there is no separate confirmation button. Press Esc before clicking to cancel the selection.

Other formats and targeted exports

Save a whole page as Markdown

1. Open the desired webpage in Chrome.
2. Click Web Paperize in Chrome’s toolbar.
3. In the popup, choose Markdown under Format.
4. Click “Save as Markdown” for a whole-page export.

Save one element as Markdown

To export one element, choose Markdown under Format in the popup, then click “Pick an element…”. Hover to locate the area you want, optionally adjust the selection with ↑/↓, and click the element to export it in the selected format. Press Esc before clicking to cancel picking.

Whole-page Markdown on an ordinary webpage needs an identifiable article body.

Known limitations

• Highlight the text you want, then right-click and choose “Save selection as PDF” or “Save selection as Markdown.” Each context-menu command saves in its named format. The PDF shortcut always produces a PDF regardless of the popup format setting.
• Sign in and open the ChatGPT conversation you want to export. In the Web Paperize popup, select PDF or Markdown and run the whole-page export. Selection or element export saves only that area rather than the complete conversation.

Choosing a PDF layout

Auto uses Paperized when it finds an identifiable article body, otherwise Original. Paperized extracts the article body and uses its own paper layout; it reports an error if it cannot do this reliably. Original prints the webpage layout and may retain navigation or sidebars. Whole-page ChatGPT export uses its conversation layout. Layout choices do not apply to Markdown or selected-area exports.

Paperized supports paginated portrait A4 or Letter. Continuous-page and other paper settings apply where supported by the Original or conversation path. A single long page has a height limit.

Locating your exported files

Chrome handles the actual saving for Web Paperize. After an export, open the Chrome Downloads list to see the file. From the download entry, you can open the containing folder to find the PDF or Markdown file on your computer.

Choosing where each export is saved

The “Choose where to save each time” option is off by default. While it is off, Chrome’s download settings determine where files are saved and whether Chrome asks for a location. When you turn the option on, Chrome shows a save dialog for every export so you can choose the folder and filename. This setting applies to PDF and Markdown exports.

Checking whether the file was saved

“Download started” means Chrome has accepted the download. Web Paperize shows “Saved” after Chrome confirms the download completed. A canceled or failed download does not count as saved. If Web Paperize cannot confirm the result, check the Chrome Downloads list to see whether Chrome completed, canceled, or failed the download.

A completed save means the file was written, but it does not guarantee that every piece of webpage content was captured. Check important content against the original page after export.

Known issues

Interrupted PDF capture

In a test where the extension background was forcibly stopped during export, retrying and refreshing the affected tab still reported that the debugger was busy. Closing that tab and opening the page in a new tab allowed export again. Save any unsubmitted text or forms before closing a tab. This was a limited test, not a guarantee of recovery or page-state restoration on every website; the connection owner and cause remain unconfirmed.

Code formatting

Long and tilde code fences and same-line directive cleaning have been improved in the candidate. Unsupported list or quote containers may retain their literal source formatting; this is a limited fix, not a guarantee for all Markdown syntax. Copying code from a PDF reader may also change indentation. Check copied code before using it.

Tables and reading content

Within the supported extraction range, missing code, tables, headings or introduction text can trigger one controlled recovery attempt. If reliable extraction is still not possible, Paperized and whole-page Markdown report an error. Auto can use Original only where fallback is safe; it does not bypass every export failure.

Paperized can fit supported wide tables into a compact layout. If the table cannot fit within its limits, export is refused rather than saving a clipped table or silently switching layouts. Compact tables can wrap words and split a row across pages. Original and Auto that initially chooses Original do not have the same table-width or repeating-header guarantees.

What to include

• Your Web Paperize version, shown on the chrome://extensions page.
• Your exact Chrome version and operating system.
• The export scope: whole page, picked element, text selection, or ChatGPT complete conversation.
• The output format: PDF or Markdown. For PDF, the layout mode: Auto, Paperized, or Original; plus paper size, orientation, margins, and whether one continuous page was enabled.
• A short sequence of steps that reproduces the problem.
• The result you expected and the result you received.
• The page URL when it is safe and publicly accessible. Do not send login credentials, access tokens, private conversation links, or confidential documents.
• A screenshot or sample export file only after removing information you do not want to disclose.

Content you voluntarily attach to an email is a disclosure you control; the extension does not send support data automatically.

Quick checks

1. Confirm you are using Chrome 118 or later.
2. Try the same page in Original mode if Paperized mode omits a non-article layout.
3. If Auto chooses Original, the page may not contain a sufficiently reliable article body.
4. For a ChatGPT complete-conversation export, confirm you are signed in and the conversation is open.
5. If one continuous page falls back to A4, the page exceeded Chromium's safe PDF height.

Known limitations

• Chrome internal pages and Chrome Web Store pages cannot be exported.
• Text selection inside an iframe is not currently supported.
• Whole-page Markdown on ordinary webpages needs an identifiable article body and refuses unreliable extraction. If that happens, try a text selection or picked element instead.
• Only supported visible content inside open Shadow DOM and the reading subject can be extracted. Closed Shadow DOM and unsupported component structures are outside the completeness guarantee; not every omission can be detected.
• Complex Markdown tables may be saved as sanitized HTML; their appearance depends on the Markdown reader.
• Ordinary article text is not guaranteed complete on every page, even when no missing-content warning appears.
• Markdown references remote image links; image files are not bundled with the .md file. Signed ChatGPT image links may expire.
• Selection Markdown exports the exact selected Range without adding context from outside it.
• Complete ChatGPT export requires an existing login session and an open conversation.
• Chrome displays its standard debugging notification while the PDF renderer is attached to the active tab.
• One continuous page is capped at Chromium's safe PDF height; oversized output falls back to paginated A4.
• Some sites may defer protected or cross-origin media in ways Chrome cannot include in a PDF.

Before sending a report

Web Paperize does not operate a backend or collect diagnostics automatically. Review the privacy policy, then share only the minimum information needed to explain the issue.