{"id":18446,"date":"2020-01-11T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=18446"},"modified":"2023-09-21T07:53:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T11:53:20","slug":"how-to-convert-a-file-to-pdf-format-using-print-to-pdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-convert-a-file-to-pdf-format-using-print-to-pdf\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Convert a File to PDF Format Using Print to PDF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\">How to Convert a File to PDF Format Using Print to PDF <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you&#8217;re using Windows 10, you don&#8217;t need no stinkin&#8217; program to convert files to PDF! You have the power to convert files to PDF format,\u00a0 right at your fingertips, I tells ya!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">We&#8217;re going to show you a few examples of how easy it is to convert a file to PDF using Windows 10&#8217;s &#8220;Print to PDF&#8221; feature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style803\"><span class=\"auto-style4\" style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>OK. Ready? Let&#8217;s convert an image file to a PDF file<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Pick an image, any image, on your computer and open it with your favorite image viewer. Once it&#8217;s open, press CTRL+P, choose &#8220;Microsoft Print to PDF&#8221; as the selected printer, and then click Print.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"auto-style831\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/pdf.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Windows Tips and Tricks\" width=\"579\" height=\"250\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(Above the Print dialog in our favorite image viewer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapfiles.com\/get\/irfan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IrfanView<\/a>. Your image program will have a similar print dialog.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-style4\" style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Now, let&#8217;s convert a text file to a PDF file.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Pick a text file, any text file, and open it. Now press CTRL + P, choose &#8220;Microsoft Print to PDF&#8221; as the selected printer, and then click Print.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"auto-style831\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/pdf1.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Windows Tips and Tricks\" width=\"494\" height=\"475\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(Above- The Print dialog in Notepad.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span class=\"auto-style4\" style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">How about we convert a Word document to a PDF file?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Pick a Word document, any Word document, open it, and use the\u00a0 CTRL + P shortcut to open the Print dialog. Now choose &#8220;Microsoft Print to PDF&#8221; as the selected printer and then click Print.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"auto-style831\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/pdf2.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Windows Tips and Tricks\" width=\"415\" height=\"600\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(Above &#8211;\u00a0 The Print dialog in MS Word.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Are you seeing a pattern here? You can turn almost any image file, text file, or document into a PDF file without downloading or using any third-party apps.\u00a0 And best of all, it is easy to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Think of Windows 10&#8217;s &#8220;Print to PDF&#8221; as &#8220;Convert to PDF&#8221; because it converts many file types to PDF format. I<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">f you&#8217;re using Windows 10 now you know how to convert almost any file to PDF format just by using Windows 10&#8217;s &#8220;Print to PDF&#8221; feature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; How to Convert a File to PDF Format Using Print to PDF If you&#8217;re using Windows 10, you don&#8217;t need no stinkin&#8217; program to convert files to PDF! You have the power to convert files to PDF format,\u00a0 right at your fingertips, I tells ya! 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