Friday 21 January 2011

Converting to Poratble Document Format (PDF)

Many often we need to convert documents in Word or Power Point into PDF.

In Linux there are built-in tools to print a document as PDF. In any application select Print ... from File menu. Select Print to File option. Enter Name, select output folder and output format as PDF. And you are done.


In Windows, irrespective of version, you can install CutePDF (~ 4MB) and Converter (~5 MB) (available at http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp). Now a printer named CutePDF will be added and you will be able to print using it, as shown above for linux.

Another excellent option would be to try http://www.web2pdfconvert.com/. It helps to convert webpages into PDF, which could then be used in Google Docs. It can also sent converted documents to your e-mail id.

Another option is available at http://www.freepdfconvert.com/, where you can upload your Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Images, Web Pages and other files and get it converted to PDF in your inbox.