view "saved as" LQ page from floppy?

toastermaker · 12-13-2003, 11:20 PM

I often save a page to hard disk so I can view it with out my internet connection running ( often its my internet/lan I'm working on ) but when I copy the saved page to a floppy to view on different computer it wont open properly.
I don't care about the graphics I just want the text.
Whats an easy way to deal with this?

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

<edit> most often its a LQ page I'm saving

darthtux · 12-14-2003, 12:45 AM

What exactly is happening? Is anything coming up? Are you getting an error? More information is needed.

To save without graphics most browsers have a File -> Save Page As and then a box ususally containing a drop down menu with an option such as Save as Web Page HTML only.

toastermaker · 12-14-2003, 06:06 AM

Sorry,
I thought that the default when I open "save page as" would be the only way a web page could be saved.
When I opened "files of type" and chose "HTML only" I can now view properly from a floppy.
I guess I need to stop being afraid to change or look for options without being told to do so. Its just That I had trashed my computer a few times from not knowing what I was doing I guess that made me gun shy.

Thanks for the help and reply darthtux.

darthtux · 12-15-2003, 12:36 AM

No problem, toastermaker.

Most things can be tried using your user account. Then if you mess something up, it usually just means deleting a config file in your home directory. If you try something elsewhere as root or even a config file in your home directory, back it up first. Then if something goes wrong you can replace the file and go on.