{"id":27873,"date":"2024-02-15T08:55:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=27873"},"modified":"2024-02-15T08:55:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:55:01","slug":"how-to-use-windows-print-to-pdf-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-use-windows-print-to-pdf-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Windows’ Print to PDF Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Use Windows’ Print to PDF Feature<\/span>
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If you\u2019re using Windows 10 or Windows 11, you don\u2019t need no stinkin\u2019 program to convert files to PDF! You have the power to convert files to PDF format at your fingertips, I tells ya!<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to show you a few examples of how easy it is to convert a file to PDF using the Windows \u201cPrint to PDF\u201d feature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

OK. Ready? Let\u2019s convert an image file to a PDF file<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pick an image, any image, on your computer and open it with your favorite image viewer. Once it\u2019s open, press CTRL+P, choose \u201cMicrosoft Print to PDF\u201d as the selected printer, and then click Print.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n(Above the Print dialog in our favorite image viewer,\u00a0IrfanView<\/a>. Your image program will have a similar print dialog.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s convert a text file to a PDF file.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pick a text file, any text file, and open it. Now press CTRL + P, choose \u201cMicrosoft Print to PDF\u201d as the selected printer, and then click Print.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n(Above- The Print dialog in Notepad.)<\/span><\/p>\n

How about converting a Word document to a PDF file?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pick a Word document, any Word document, open it, and use the CTRL + P shortcut to open the Print dialog. Now choose \u201cMicrosoft Print to PDF\u201d as the selected printer and then click Print.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n(Above \u2013\u00a0 The Print dialog in MS Word.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Think of Windows’ \u201cPrint to PDF\u201d as \u201cConvert to PDF\u201d because it converts many file types to PDF format. If you\u2019re using Windows 10\u00a0 or Windows 11, now you know how to convert almost any file to PDF format using Windows’ \u201cPrint to PDF\u201d feature.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  How to Use Windows’ Print to PDF Feature If you\u2019re using Windows 10 or Windows 11, you don\u2019t need no stinkin\u2019 program to convert files to PDF! You have the power to convert files to PDF format at your fingertips, I tells ya! We\u2019re going to show you a few examples of how easy it is to\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4439,2501,3948,4299,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27873"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27873"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27880,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27873\/revisions\/27880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}