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This wikiHow teaches you how to save directions from Google Maps to your computer as a PDF document, using a desktop internet browser. When saving, you can choose to include a map image and written directions, or exclude the map and only download the written directions.
Steps
Open Google Maps in your web browser.
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Go to https://www.google.com/maps. This takes you to the Google Maps website.
Locate your destination.
Click the blue Directions icon.
Enter your starting point.
Select a route.
Choose whether to print maps or just text.
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You can save minimal text directions or include maps in your document. Click the printer icon at the top of the turn-by-turn steps, then choose either Print including maps or Print text only, depending on how much info you want in your directions.
- Don't worry—if you don't want to print the directions, you won't have to—you can also save them as a portable PDF file this way.
Print or save the directions.
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Click the blue Print button on the top-right. You'll want to click this whether you want to download or print your directions. This opens the Chrome print dialog. Now that it's open, you have two options:
- Download as a PDF: To save the directions as a file on your computer, select PDF as at the bottom of the window on a Mac, or select Microsoft Print to PDF as your printer on a PC. Then, click Save at the bottom and choose a location to save your directions.
- Print: To print the directions, select your printer and click Print.