How to Read Web Pages Offline
Surfing the web is an everyday part of life, but you might not always have time to look at all of the web pages you want to while staying online. Reading web pages offline is helpful if you can't always afford to be online or because you're not always where there is Internet connectivity. Reading web pages offline can be done in one of a few ways, depending on your preferences.
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Uninstall Internet Explorer 7 or later to get back to IE6. Internet Explorer version 6 has an option to save pages offline. You can also download Internet explorer 6 directly from Microsoft (see Resources below). When you open Internet Explorer version 6, choose "Add To Favorites" and select the "View Offline" check box. This will download the web page and one level of click-through links to other pages.
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Save one page at a time. Log on to the website that you want to view offline. Go to the "File" menu and choose "Save As" and select web archive. You can also save as HTML and open the HTML page in Microsoft Word. You will have to save each individual page that you want to look at.
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Use a web ripping software program. WebRipper (see Resources below) is one software program that grabs all of the information for a website. WebRipper is available free. Similar software packages include HTTrack and Instapaper (see Resources). All of these programs essentially copy pages of the website and save them on your local hard drive to open up while you are offline. These pages can be opened by your browser by pointing to the pages on your hard drive instead of a website address.
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