PDF export
Short answer
PDF export paginates a captured page into a document. Paper size, orientation and quality are yours to choose, and page breaks are nudged towards horizontal bands of low visual activity so they land in the gaps between paragraphs rather than through a line of text.
Updated 13 August 2026Written by the Full Page Screenshot team
The settings and what they do
- Paper size
- A4, Letter and Legal produce a conventional document. Fit to image produces one page exactly as tall as the capture — right for archiving a long page as a single unbroken document.
- Orientation
- Portrait for articles. Landscape for wide dashboards and tables where a horizontal cut costs more than extra pages do.
- Quality
- Pages embed JPEG data, so quality trades against file size directly. Keep it high for small text.
- Page break placement
- Before splitting, the image is scanned for rows with little visual change. Break positions move to the nearest quiet band within a small window, which is what stops a heading being sliced in half.
Built without a PDF library
The PDF writer is part of the extension rather than a bundled dependency, and it embeds the captured JPEG data directly. That keeps the package small, keeps third-party code out of something that handles your screenshots, and means the whole file is assembled locally with no network access.
Frequently asked questions
What paper sizes are available?
A4, Letter, Legal, and fit-to-image, each in portrait or landscape.
Can I search the text in the exported PDF?
No. It contains an image of the page. Use Chrome's Print to PDF for selectable text.
How many pages will my capture produce?
The page count is shown before you export and updates as you change paper size and orientation.
Is the PDF generated on a server?
No. It is assembled in your browser. The extension makes no network requests at all.
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