Software to download online manual to PC

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afe66

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#171006 1-Apr-2015 18:58

Late next month I am attending a course for which the manual is online as behind a password, with index on right side of the screen, text on left with a links at the bottom like next or previous within each major topic.

What/what software can I use to download the manual and convert it into a word type so I can read/study it off line.

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robjg63

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#1275620 1-Apr-2015 19:08

It would appear they don't wish you to take it away via that means.
Perhaps they are concerned about people taking their intellectual property.
Have you asked them if there is a form you can get in advance?

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afe66

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#1275641 1-Apr-2015 19:25

They used to have a downloadable version but they decided that a web version was easier to keep up to date, which is understandable, has the odd video clip imbedded.

I'm not aiming to steal/spread their IP (they've got my $2.5k already), it just that I don't work at a desk with a pc in front of me so trying to read/learn the course contents online is a little limiting.

Ultimately I can take my own laptop and mobile hotspot my phone but I like paper to scribble on.

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#1279128 8-Apr-2015 16:23

afe66: They used to have a downloadable version but they decided that a web version was easier to keep up to date, which is understandable, has the odd video clip imbedded.

So when your course is finished, you lose access to the content ? What happens if you need to refer back, sometime down the track ?

Not having a downloadable format is really FUBAR. YOU have paid for the content, you should be entitled to it in a format that you can keep.