Print to PDF
Choose Adobe PDF as your printer.
If you know how to print a paper copy of a file, you already know how to create a PDF that looks just like your original. With Adobe® Acrobat® XI, printing to PDF is really that simple.
Video demo: Convert a file just by printing
Watch this short video to see how easy it is to use the Print command to create a PDF. (1:15)
"In the past it was necessary to submit the equivalent of 100 cardboard boxes full of documents to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but now only a DVD is needed for the submission."
— Katsuya Tamamoto, senior manager of R&D informatics, Astellas Pharma
Just select Print to create a PDF
Instead of a physical printer, you can select Adobe PDF in almost any Windows® or Mac OS application. Hit Print. And create an electronic copy of your file that you can save to disk.
Do more with your file
More flexible than a paper printout, a file you create by printing to PDF is easy to store, search, and send to others for review.
Create PDFs from Office with Adobe's Word to PDF converter
From the Acrobat task ribbon in Office applications, Windows users can convert Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents to PDFs that are easy to share and reliably viewed.
What you send is what they'll see
When you use Acrobat XI to print a document to PDF, people will see it just like you sent it — whether they're viewing it on a computer, tablet, or smartphone.
How-to guide |
How to print to PDF in Windows:
- Open a file in a Windows application.
- Choose File > Print.
- Choose Adobe PDF as the printer in the Print dialog box.
- Click Print.
- Name the PDF file and save it in a desired location.
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