Print/Save Selected Text to PDF

I want to use Mozilla Firefox very much for a long time. I like it because the UI is very clean, easy to use, the icon vey pretty. When I use in my Android Mobile, it is very easy and intelligent to select content of page site. Very good!
But I had to install Chrome instead so I've always been using "Print a selected content to PDF" but I couldn't find ways to do that with Firefox. Chrome is doing very good.
I searched all add-ons, pdf printer software but they are only saving or printing all the page (website) to PDF.
Please help me the ways to save a selected content to PDF. Thanks very much.

Hii hanh01001..
I think i know one solution to the problem
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/print-selected-text/?src=api
this is an add on that is used to print the selected text only..
have a nice day :) :)
---Thanks tracy :)

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