A method for interactively acquiring a page in a network by providing a
user interface element, such as a window, for collecting the page in the network, interactively acquiring the page from the network, and inserting the page in the window. A content acquisition facility resident on a
client machine can be employed to generate the window. Further, a URL
list can be interactively created by launching a browser, generating another
user interface element with a URL collection facility, acquiring the URL corresponding to a selected page in the network during browsing, and inserting the URL in the
user interface element to create the URL
list. Subsequently, the URL
list can be imported into a document. The content associated with the URL can then be dynamically, automatically retrieved and placed in the document.