Every day, you read your favorite news on your smartphone, but lot of the time you want to read them at home or on some other device. You can transfer them to your PC or Mac by emailing them to yourself. But here is the problem. When you open the email on your computer, you’re not able to view all the included pictures and text formatting of web pages. This leaves you with no other option but download the file to your computer first before being able to view it correctly.
Create a PDF from Anything Using Windows 10’s Built-In PDF Printer
Windows 10 features a built-in print driver that converts documents to PDF. It’s super easy to use, too. All you have to do is print the document the way you usually would, and then choose the PDF option as your printer. We say document, but really, you can convert anything you would usually print to a PDF—text files, images, web pages, Office documents, whatever.
For our example here, we’re going to create a PDF from one a text file. That’s not something you’re likely to do, but it’s a simple way to show the process using the default Windows Print window. It’s going to look a bit different depending on the app from which you’re printing, but the process is pretty much the same no matter what the source.
Start by selecting the “Print” command in whatever app you’re using.
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Next, you’ll be changing the printer. Again, this is how it looks in the default Windows Print window. It will look different in different apps, but the option will still be there. When you’ve selected the PDF printer, go ahead and print the document.
When you print, Windows will open up a standard Save As window for you to name and save your new PDF. So, go ahead and give it a great name, choose your save location, and then hit that “Save” button.
You now have an amazing PDF to share.
Combine Multiple Images into a Single PDF
Here’s another quick tip for you. If you have a bunch of images (or other documents) that you’d like to combine into a single PDF document, you can do that right from File Explorer.
Select all the files you want to combine, right-click any of them, and then choose the “Print” command from the context menu.
Note: The order your images appear in File Explorer is the order they will show up in your PDF. If you want them in a different order, rename the images before combining them.
Next, make sure “Microsoft Print To PDF” is selected from the list of available printers, and then click “Print” to save the PDF to your hard drive.
Create a PDF from an Existing Word Document
If you have Microsoft Word and you want to convert it to a PDF, you’re better off doing that from Word than using Windows’ built-in PDF printer because Word does a better job of retaining the layout and formatting of your document during conversion.ADVERTISEMENT
With your Word document open, click the “File” menu on the Ribbon.
On the sidebar that opens, click the “Save As” command.
Now, all you have to do is give your file a name, select “PDF” from the dropdown menu, and then click the “Save” button.
Conclusions
First of all, I want to make a confession: when I started working professionally in Word, I didn’t know much about the “Save as…” command. And I still don’t use it very often because whenever you save an .rtf file, by default, it saves it in compatibility mode for both Mac and Windows.