it will save the web page to your computer, and opens a dialogue asking where to save it. ordinarily it will save as a file with a further set of files within a folder.

It is also possible to save just parts of a web page such as text or pictures. Or to save the page as a screenshot, or have some utility that will convert it to a pdf. In fact Firefox it self has an option to print a webpage to a file, and will then create a pdf.

• How to print web pages in Firefox

Remember links will save but they may not be guaranteed to work later unless you also save the source. Some components of a webpage may not save, such as video which is streamed.

P.S.

Firefox has not got a good reputation for its printing abilities

• you may need this Fix printing problems in Firefox

Note that saving web pages may not work properly if there is JavaScript involved in generating the page source.
In such a case it might be better to save the page as a screenshot or print to a PDF file.
It is a good idea to load such pages in Firefox to make sure they work as expected to prevent nasty surprises later.

All I need is a way to save these webpages to my desk and guarantee (or at least guarantee as much as possible) that they will work.

I will stay away from videos, so you can assume I am not referring to videos at all.

Is my method of hitting Ctrl + S and saving it that way sufficient? I did this as a test, removed my internet connection, and was still able to bring up the webpage from the file that was saved. Or would printing to a pdf be more reliable/better?

If so, I don't know how to print to a pdf. That first link provided showed how to print a webpage to a printer, which is not what I want to do.

The printer option should give two choices print to file or print to a printer. The print to file should create a pdf file that is both printable and viewable.

So I have tried this on two computers. On one computer it works. On the computer I will actually be doing it on, it doesn't work.

- I choose print to file - It asks for an output file name - I provide one - Then, I get an error message saying "Could not open the file: Access is denied." The title of that window is "Local Port."

Any suggestions?

So I found an article on this problem:

http://forums.techguy.org/windows-7/911591-print-file-access-denied.html

I was able to print to pdf by typing C:\Users\username\Desktop\filename, putting my username where it says username and putting a random file name in filename.

I don't understand why I have to do that, because after I do that, it still asks me where I want the file to go and a name for it.

But if I run FF as admin, it works fine.