Microsoft Word 101: how to convert a Word doc to a PDF

It’s quick and easy in Microsoft Word; there are a few more steps to follow in Google Docs

By Barbara Krasnoff , a reviews editor who manages how-tos. She’s worked as an editor and writer for almost 40 years. Previously, she was a senior reviews editor for Computerworld.

Aug 5, 2022, 12:11 PM UTC

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For a long time, Adobe’s PDF file format has been the format for legal and business documents, largely because they most closely resemble their hardcopy versions — and because they can be locked down relatively easily so that no changes can be made. But while PDFs are great for producing accurate digital versions of paper documents, you can also very easily create a PDF out of an ordinary Word document as well.

Save a Word file to a PDF from Microsoft Word

As you might imagine, creating a PDF from a Word document is very easy when you do it using Microsoft Word.