Surely on more than one occasion you have had the need to save a Word document as a PDF file. It is something that can be done in a very simple way, but not all users know about it.
PDF files have several advantages over the Word format. The first is that no one will be able to modify its content, or at least not in such a simple way as in Word. The second is that the format is maintained regardless of the device and the software with which you open the file , this is great if you want to send it to someone who uses Mac or Linux, or free applications such as LibreOffice. With the PDF format you make sure that your document will always look perfect.
We show you 5 very simple ways to save a Word file as a PDF without resorting to paid tools.
Save as
This is one of the easiest way to save your Word document as a PDF file that no one can modify. Once you have finished writing the content of your document, all you have to do is go to the " File " menu , select " Save as ", then go to " Browse ". A drop-down will appear below the name and location of the file, just select PDF.
Export as PDF file
We continue with a second way to save a Word document as a PDF file. This time we will use an export tool that comes standard in Office, so you will not have to install anything either. You just have to go to " File ", " Export " and select the option " Create PDF / XPS document ".
This will open a new window in which you will have to select the location of the PDF file to save .
Print as PDF
This time we use a virtual printer to save our Word document as a PDF file . If you have an alternative PDF reader to Adobe Acrobat, you may already have one of these virtual printers installed. Foxit Reader and Nitro PDF Reader are some of these applications that include a virtual PDF printer.
If you do not have any of these applications, you can use PDF Creator, a free tool that installs a virtual printer for PDF files. Once you have installed it you can proceed .
When you have finished editing your Word document, you need to go to " File ", and then to " Print ". The next step is to select the virtual printer of PDF Creator . Finally, click on " Print "
PDF Converter
PDF Converter is a free online tool to save our Word documents as a PDF file . The first thing we have to do is go to the official website of the tool. Once we are inside, we will see a great interface with a multitude of options. The one that interests us is "Word to PDF", which is at the bottom.
We click on the big blue rectangle and a file explorer will open on our PC. We select the Word file that we want to convert to PDF and wait a few seconds. After that our PDF file will be available for download.
PDF 2 GO
PDF 2 GO is another online service that we can use to convert our Word documents to a PDF file . It is always good to have more than one alternative in case the one we want to use first fails.
Its operation is very simple, because we only have to select the Word file that we want to convert to PDF. We can use files stored on our PC, in Dropbox, Google Drive or from a specific URL . With this we will always find the option we need.
We wait a few seconds and we will have our file ready to download. This tool offers us additional options to edit or protect our PDF file .
