Creating a PDF file in Microsoft Office

(Word, PowerPoint or Excel)

 

Choose File>Save As and choose 'PDF' from the "Save as type" drop down list.


Saving as PDF in Microsoft Office

Creating a PDF file from other software (Windows 7)

Windows 7 computers in computer rooms on campus have the ScanSoft PDF software installed.

To create a PDF file choose File>Print and select 'ScanSoft PDF Create!' from the list of Printer options.

Use the 'Document and Markups' option if you have annotated a pdf for submission, to ensure that your annotations are saved in a form that cannot be changed. See screenshot below for where to find this setting.

 

Printer options on Windows 7

Creating a PDF file from other software (Windows 10)

 

Windows 10 computers have the 'Microsoft Print to PDF' option in the list of available printers.

To create a PDF file choose File>Print and select 'Microsoft Print to PDF' from the list of printers.

 

Printer options on Windows 10

Creating a PDF by scanning a document

It's essential to use a scan setting which produces computer-readable text, not an image.
For more information scanning guidance can be found here. If on campus you can use the printers to scan your work.



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