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A saved MHT or MHTML report can contain exactly the information you need, yet its PDF export may show a missing-image icon or clip the last columns of a wide table. The quickest way to improve the result is to trace those symptoms back to the saved page and its layout, then work on a representative sample before applying the same settings to a folder of archives.
Check what was captured in the saved page
Keep the original archive and compare it with a trusted rendering or a reference supplied by the person who saved it. Look for the image or table that is giving trouble in the PDF. Establishing whether it exists in the saved source will tell you which part of the workflow needs attention.
MHT and MHTML are saved-page formats that can bundle page content and resources. A particular archive may still depend on material outside the file, especially if the page was captured before everything had loaded. When an expected image is absent from the saved source, obtain another export or the original resource before spending time on PDF layout settings.
Make a first export in Total HTML Converter
The Total HTML Converter product page lists MHT and MHTML input. Open the source folder, select a small group of archives and choose PDF. Include an image-heavy page, a long report and a wide table so the first outputs reveal the range of layouts you need to handle.
Save the PDFs into a separate folder and review them at the size your recipient will use. Keep the settings for each test so you can compare revised outputs clearly. Once several representative pages are readable, you have a useful basis for processing archives with similar layouts.
Investigate an image that disappears during export
If the saved source shows an image that the PDF lacks, compare the surrounding area and ask whether any part of the image is visible. A clipped fragment near the page boundary suggests that the layout needs more space, while a blank area where the complete image belongs calls for a resource or rendering investigation. In our test, a picture that was not stored in the archive appeared in the PDF as a small broken-image icon followed by its alternative text.
Ask the sender for a reference PDF when you cannot inspect a reliable rendering of the archive yourself. That reference can help isolate the problem to a particular page or resource. Keep unresolved files out of the approved output collection so an incomplete report is easy to identify while you investigate it.
Give a wide table enough room
Check the last columns and the final rows of a wide table. For MHT and MHTML files the converter chooses the page itself (US Letter portrait in our tests) and shrinks a wide table to fit, down to about two thirds of its size. A table wider than about one and a half times the page width is cut off at the right edge without a warning: in our tests a 30-column table kept only its first 18 columns. The paper size, orientation and fit options do not apply to MHT and MHTML files. A workaround that worked in our test with the command-line converter: convert the MHT file to HTML first, then convert that HTML file to PDF. The converter widens the page for a wide table, and all 30 columns fit on a custom sheet of about 499 × 250 mm. Compare the revised table’s header, final column and last rows to confirm that the content is present.
Read the fitted table at a comfortable viewing size, because heavy scaling can make a complete table difficult to use. If the report remains too dense, use the HTML route above to give the table a wider page. The converter prints background colours as saved, so review shading as well when colour separates sections or highlights values that matter to the reader.
Check the folder after the batch finishes
Group pages with similar layout needs and apply the settings that worked for their samples. Preserve a clear link between each archive and its PDF, using separate destinations where different source folders contain identical filenames. Compare the selected inputs with successful outputs and review missing or failed files.
Inspect a few of the longest and widest documents from the completed batch, including the end of each report and its important images. Keep the original archives and the approved output settings so you can prepare another version if the receiving team later needs a different page layout.
Frequently asked questions
Can the PDF export recover a picture that was never saved?
The missing resource needs to come from the original page, another capture or a separate copy of the image.
Why is a fitted table still hard to read?
A wide source can require substantial scaling on a small page, and for MHT files the converter stops shrinking at about two thirds of the original size and cuts off the rest. Converting through HTML gives the table a wider page.
Try your MHT and MHTML samples in Total HTML Converter and review image completeness and table readability before converting the collection.
