Saving Pictures or Text from a Web Page

If you find information on a Web page that you want to save for future reference or share with others, you can copy and paste it to another document or save it on your computer. When you copy information from a Web page, make sure you’re not violating any copyright laws.

Save a Picture from a Web Page

Open the Web page with the picture you want to save.

Point to the picture you want to save to display a toolbar on the graphic, and then click the Save button.

If the toolbar doesn’t appear, right-click the picture, and then click Save Picture As.

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Select the drive and folder in which you want to save the file.

Type a name for the file, or use the suggested name.

To change the format of a file, click the Save as type arrow, and then click a file format.

Click Save.

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Did You Know? You can save a page or picture without opening it. Right-click the link for the item you want to save, and then click Save Target As.

Set a Picture from a Web Page as the Background Picture

Open the Web page with the picture you want to use.

Right-click the picture, and then click Set As Wallpaper or Set As Background.

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Copy Text from a Web Page

Open the Web page with the text you want to copy.

Select the text you want to copy.

Trouble?:

The I-beam cursor may or may not appear. You can still select the text.

Right-click the selected text, and then click Copy, or press Ctrl+C.

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Switch to where you want to paste the text.

Click the Edit menu, and then click Paste, or press Ctrl+V.

Did You Know? You can create a desktop shortcut to the current Web page. Right-click in the Web page, click Create Shortcut, and then click OK.