Save and search Web pages instantly! SurfSaver is a browser add-on that lets you download, organize, and search the information you gather on the Internet. Never lose another Web page.

Starting SurfSaver

Start SurfSaver by clicking on the SurfSaver button in the Internet Explorer toolbar. If the icon does not appear choose VIEW - EXPLORER BAR – SURFSAVER 6. This will open the SurfSaver Explorer bar.

Alternatively, you can place the mouse cursor anywhere on the Web page in your browser and press the RIGHT mouse button. A popup menu will appear containing the SurfSaver menu commands (Save and QuickSave).

SurfSaver will appear on the left in your browser:

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Saving Web Pages

Saving Single Page

1. Display the Web page you wish to save in your browser.
    
2. Click the SAVE button on SurfSaver toolbar.

You The Save dialog appears.

 

3. Modify the title for the page, add keywords, and add notes as needed.

4. Choose SAVE to save the Web page (or multiple pages).
   
   Repeat the Save process for each page you wish to save.

Note:
You can save all your Web pages in a single cabinet, or you can create multiple cabinets and group pages in different folders. For example, if you were collecting competitive product information, you could have a separate cabinet for each competitive product.

Saving Multiple Pages

1. Display the Web page you wish to save in your browser.
    
2. Start SurfSaver and choose the SAVE button on the toolbar.

The SurfSaver Save dialog appears.

3. Choose the "Linked Pages" setting.
   
   This setting tells SurfSaver to save the current page and all the pages the current page links to. You can also tell SurfSaver how many levels of pages you wish to save. 1 Level (the default value) saves the current page and all pages the current page links to. 2 Levels would save the current page, all pages linked to from the current page, and all pages linked to from each of these pages.
   
   As you can imagine, you can end up saving a lot of pages. To help narrow the range, there are two additional settings in the save dialog:
   
   The "Save pages within current Web site" setting saves pages in the current domain (for example askSam.com).
   
   The "Save pages within full URL path" setting saves pages which are in or under the current URL path. For example, you could save all pages on the http://www.askSam.com/faq Web site -- all pages in this URL path would be saved, but pages on www.asksam.com root would not be saved.
   
   The SurfSaver Options dialog contains the setting "Maximum Number of pages". This setting lets you set a maximum number of pages that can be saved when you do a multi-level save. The default setting is 1000 pages.
    
4. Select the folder and a cabinet where you want to save the pages. All the pages from a single save are placed in the same folder.
   
   You can modify the date, add keywords, and add notes. Any notes, keywords, or date changes are applied to each of the saved pages.
    
5. Choose SAVE to begin saving the Web pages.

Quick Save

Click the Quick Save icon on the SurfSaver toolbar. The page will be saved to the Quick Save Destination.

The Quick Save destination is set in the Options dialog box. There are two choices:

• Last Folder Saved To: When you check this option, your Quick Saves will be directed to the Active Folder, which will be green. The Active Folder will be the last folder you selected for a Save. You can change the Active Folder by right clicking on any folder, and then choosing ACTIVE.
• Specific Folder. You can set a single folder that will be the destination for all Quick Saves.

Direct Save by right-clicking on the toolbar

You can save a Web page directly by right-clicking directly on it and choosing SURFSAVER SAVE. This is especially helpful when saving pages in limited sites that block normal toolbars and menus, such as many "Print This Page" set ups.

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Browsing Saved Web Pages

SurfSaver makes it easy to browse through the saved web pages. Just click on any folder to reveal cabinets underneath and click on the cabinet to display saved Web pages. Clicking on the Web page icon displays the Web page in the browser window.

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Searching Web Pages

Search Bar

1. Type your search query into the Search bar, and click the SEARCH button.

Web pages found by the search are displayed in the Search Results tab. The number of items found will be displayed at the top. Note that you can click back and forth between the FOLDERS and SEARCH RESULTS tabs without losing your search results. You can browse the search results in the same way that you can browse your folders. Simply click on a cabinet to display its contents; click on an item to display it in your browser.

2. Click on any item to display in the browser.

Advanced Searching

1. Press the SEARCH button on the SurfSaver toolbar.

The SurfSaver Search dialog appears.

2. Select the cabinet (or cabinets) you wish to search, and then enter your search request. Choose the SEARCH button to start the search.

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Creating Folders and Cabinets

Folders and cabinets are ways of organizing or grouping saved Web pages. Inside folders there can be cabinets or there can be more folders. Web pages are stored inside cabinets. Some folders (and cabinets underneath) are automatically created during installation, for example, Research, Reading etc. You can create new folders and cabinets to suit to your needs.

To Create a New Folder and Cabinet

1. Click on the New Folder icon on the SurfSaver toolbar.

2. Type in a name for the folder, then press Enter.
    
3. This also adds a new cabinet underneath this folder.
    
4. Type in a name for the cabinet, then press Enter.

Note: Additionally, you can also add new folders and cabinets by right clicking on the SurfSaver explorer bar.

To Create a Subfolder

1. Right click on the folder where you wish to add a subfolder and choose "New Subfolder" option.
    
2. Type in a name for the subfolder, then press Enter.
    
3. This also adds a new cabinet underneath this folder.
    
4. Type in a name for the cabinet, then press Enter.

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Options

• Folder Location:
  Lets you specify the location of your SurfSaver folders on your computer. You can type the path in the edit box or click the button to browse to the location.
   
• Miscellaneous:
  • Save Search Settings: It saves your search criteria in your search window.
  • Only save data available in Cache: Placeholder
  • Check for duplicate URL before saving: With this option enabled, SurfSaver will check to see if that page is already been saved. If it has previously been saved, it will not allow you to save it again. With this option turned off, it will allow you to save multiple copies of the same URL.
  • Highlight matches: Highlights search terms found by the search.
  • Search SurfSaver folder for links first: When following a link on a saved page, this option causes SurfSaver to check for a locally saved copy before navigating to the web.
     
• Mouse Over:
  • Select item in: Allows you to set the delay until the mouse pointer selects the item.
  • Expand item in: Allows you to set the delay until the mouse pointer expands the item.
     
• Multi-level Save:
  Sets the maximum number of pages that will be captured when using a multi-level save.
   
• Near Search:
  Allows you to search for two words or phrases occurring within a specified proximity of one another. This enables you to use the natural elements contained within blocks of normal text (words, lines, sentences and paragraphs) to tailor a search.
  
  EXAMPLES: You can find all Documents where "Gore" and "Bush" appear in the same paragraph. Or you could locate the Documents containing "GM" and "Ford" within 5 words of one another.
   
• Quick Save:
  Allows you to set Quick Save destination folder. This can be set in two ways. You can make SurfSaver use the last folder you saved pages to as your Quick Save destination. Or you can set a specific folder by using the browse button.

Goto Page

The Goto Page command takes you from a page stored in SurfSaver back to the original web site.

About

The About button displays SurfSaver version information as well as license information. Once your 30-day trial expires, you can click to BUY NOW button to go to the screen which displays information on purchasing SurfSaver or UNLOCK button to unlock your copy using the serial number you receive once you purchase the product.

Help

This button takes you to SurfSaver User's Guide.

Save Progress

This button shows you the progress when SurfSaver is saving a page or pages.

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Upgrading to Version 6 from Previous Versions

The Convert Utility

To help you upgrade from previous version of SurfSaver (2.3), SurfSaver includes a Convert Utility, a handy little program that allows you to perform maintenance. When launched, the Convert Utility allows you to convert older askSam files (SurfSaver Cabinet Files) by simply browsing to the file or directory. It also allows you to pack your SurfSaver files, which makes them smaller and more efficient. The Convert Utility can be launched from Start – Programs/All Programs – SurfSaver 6 – Convert Utility.

Installing/Un-installing SurfSaver

To Install

1. Run the SurfSaverSetup.EXE file you download from the Internet, or (if you receive SurfSaver on CD ROM) place the CD in your drive and run the SETUP program.

Follow the instructions on your screen.

 

To Remove

1. Go to Control Panel – Add/Remove Programs.
    
2. Choose SurfSaver 6 from the list and click the Remove Button.
   
    

Notes:

• SurfSaver requires Internet Explorer 5.5 or later.
• Internet Explorer locks the toolbar if it has been modified by the user, or appears to have been modified. This occurs if you have changed the buttons that appear on your Internet Explorer toolbar or in some cases if you are using a third-party toolbar such as Google. In that case, SurfSaver installs, but you must add it to the toolbar manually. Here is the procedure: Click VIEW - TOOLBARS - CUSTOMIZE. ADD SurfSaver from the column on the left. Click CLOSE.

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