# easy capture of PDF from web

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**Category:** Tips\
**Created:** [March 2, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/easy-capture-of-pdf-from-web/4137 "2007-03-02T19:48:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/easy-capture-of-pdf-from-web/4137/3 "2007-03-03T18:13:40Z")

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> [@kugs10](#):
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> I am having trouble finding a simple way to add PDFs from the web into my DevonThink Pro database. So far the only solution I have is to save the pdf to the disk and then import it manually. Even when browsing from within DevonThink, if I come across a PDF I cannot “capture” it directly.
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> Am I missing something?

This is a royal pain in the ass.

Your options, judging from what I’ve seen:

1. Buy HTMLDOC or download and compile v1.9 (unstable), which (supposedly) works with CSS.
2. Download HTML2PS, which doesn’t work with CSS.
3. Buy DA and set up an automator workflow that opens all HTML files and then exports them as PDF and then drag them into your database.
4. Get used to clicking a whole lot.

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