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May 21, 2024
How To Convert Word Document Into PDF
Quick Answers
- open a Word document in MS Word click on the file in the top bar and click on the print button to save it as a PDF.
- you can upload a word document in Google Drive and download it as a PDF later.
Quickly convert your Microsoft Word documents into PDF by using any of the two different methods shown below.
1. Save as PDF using MS Word
To save a Microsoft Word document as a PDF using MS Word, follow these steps:
1. Open the Word document in the MS Word app on a Windows PC that you want to save as a PDF.
2. Click on the "File" tab in the top-left corner of the Word window.
3. In the File menu, select "print"
4. Choose the location where you want to save the PDF document.
5. In the "Save as type" dropdown menu, select "PDF (*.pdf)." This option may appear as "PDF or XPS" in older versions of Word.
Enter a name for the PDF file in the "File name" field.
Click the "Save" button.
After following these steps, your Word document will be saved as a PDF file in the location you specified.
2. Download as a PDF using Google Drive
To save a Microsoft Word document as a PDF using Google Drive, you can follow these steps:
Sign in to your Google Drive account at https://drive.google.com and make sure you have the Word document you want to convert to PDF already uploaded to your Google Drive.
Locate the Word document in your Google Drive file list.
Right-click on the Word document file. A context menu will appear.
In the context menu, hover your mouse over the "Open with" option. Another menu will appear.
In the "Open with" menu, click on "Google Docs." This will open the Word document in Google Docs, Google's online word processing application.
Once the document is open in Google Docs, click on the "File" menu at the top-left corner of the screen.
In the "File" menu, click on the "Download" option. A sub-menu will appear.
In the sub-menu, click on "PDF Document." This will start the conversion process, and the Word document will be downloaded as a PDF file to your computer's default download location.
Note: If you want to specify a different location to save the PDF file, you can choose the "Save As" option instead of "Download" in the "File" menu. This will open a file explorer window where you can select the desired location to save the PDF file.
