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Creating a PDF file in Microsoft Office

(Word, PowerPoint or Excel)

 

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


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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 'ScanSoft PDF Create!' from the list of printers"Printer" options.

 

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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.

 

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Creating a PDF by scanning a document

It's essential to use a scan setting which produced computer-readable text, not an image.
For more information scanning guidance can be found here

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