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How to create a PDF of any document in OS X

May 21, 2009 by Ross McKillop 

You don’t need Adobe Acrobat to create a PDF file in OS X. It’s actually very simple to created PDF’s of any of your documents (even pictures) on your Mac.

  1. Start by opening the file you want to convert to a PDF. This can be a MS Word document, Excel file, text file or even a picture.

  2. With the document open, select File -> Print… You can also use the keyboard shortcut apple command key + P (Command+P) to bring up the Print dialogue.

  3. Though not all print preview windows are the same (don’t be surprised if it isn’t identical to the screenshot below) - they all have one thing in common - a PDF button in the bottom left corner.

  4. Click that button and then select Save as PDF… from the drop-down menu.

  5. In the Save window, you can add the meta data Title, Author, Subject and/or Keywords, though none are required. Click the Save button.

  6. And now you’ll have a .pdf of your document.

  7. That’s it!

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  1. Why you’ll love a Mac – yet another version « Prithivi Says on April 15th, 2010 2:27 am

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