There will be a time when you need to convert different file format to PDF because of school or work. Here are various methods of creating PDFs from different programs.
Microsoft Word: Office Word 7
In the newer version of word there should be an option to choose to save as a PDF.
Adobe Photoshop CS5
When you go to File>Save As there should be an option in the drop down menu to save as a PDF.
Adobe Illustrator CS5
When you go to File>Save As there should be an option in the drop down menu to save as a PDF.
Adobe Bridge CS5
If you need to combine multiple images, PDFs into one PDF. Adobe Bridge is your answer. When you open it you should have this open up.
If you don’t see these go to windows at the top of the menu and have these options selected.
On the folders panel to your left, you choose the folder with your files that you want to combine. They should open up at the bottom in the content panel. To combine the multiple files click each file while holding the SHIFT key. The order you do them in, is the order that they will be come from first to last.
In the Output panel to your right, you select the options for your PDF such as size and quality under the document tab.
And then click save at the bottom. There are also on-line services that combine multiple PDFs if you don’t have bridge such as http://www.pdfmerge.com/
Google Docs
If you have a Google account (And you should really have one), you can create PDFs from there. Go to your Google Docs Account.
Make your Google Docs or you can import a word document and edit it as a Google Docs. When you are in your Doc you go to File> Download As > PDF Document
Hotmail / Live
They now have Microsoft Word On-line via your Hotmail email account. Go to Word On-line.
Create your word document and just to File>Save As> Download as a PDF document.
Hope that helps! It’s easier to create a PDF now than it was before. Have a happy day.
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