{"id":2507,"date":"2021-12-24T13:31:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T13:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anakage.com\/blog\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2022-07-05T12:56:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:56:05","slug":"how-to-convert-a-word-file-to-pdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anakage.com\/blog\/how-to-convert-a-word-file-to-pdf\/","title":{"rendered":"How to convert a word file to PDF ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Issue:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you need to create non-editable documents, PDFs come in handy. If you have the desktop version of Microsoft Word, you may convert your document to PDF right from within the Microsoft word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this blog you will learn how to convert a word file to PDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Environment:<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft word file to Pdf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Resolution:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Step 1: <\/strong>Open the document that has to be converted. Go to \u201cFile\u201d &gt; \u201cSave As\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anakage.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/24\/how-to-convert-a-word-file-to-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/anakage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-7.png\" alt=\"How to convert word file to PDF ?\" class=\"wp-image-2508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anakage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-7.png 642w, https:\/\/www.anakage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-7-632x297.png 632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Step 2: <\/strong>On the Save As screen, choose where you want the PDF to be saved (OneDrive, This PC, a particular folder, or anywhere you choose).<\/li><li><strong>Step 3: <\/strong>Next, go to the dropdown arrow on the right side and select \u201cPDF (*.pdf)\u201d.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anakage.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/24\/how-to-convert-a-word-file-to-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/anakage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-8.png\" alt=\"How to convert word file to PDF ?\" class=\"wp-image-2509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anakage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-8.png 642w, https:\/\/www.anakage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-8-632x297.png 632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>&nbsp;Step 4: <\/strong>You can change the file name if needed.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then click on the \u201cSave\u201d button.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If You Don\u2019t Have Microsoft Word<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are couple of choices if you don&#8217;t have <a href=\"https:\/\/anakage.com\/blog\/how-to-resolve-microsoft-excel-has-stopped-working\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft<\/a> word and need to convert a Document to PDF:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LibreOffice:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.libreoffice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> LibreOffice<\/a> is a free, open-source office suite that shares many of Microsoft Office&#8217;s features. You can even open, edit, and convert Microsoft Word documents to PDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Google Drive:<\/strong> A Word document can be uploaded to <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Drive<\/a>, converted to a Google Document, and then converted to PDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Conversion Website: <\/strong>There are numerous websites that will convert Word documents to PDF for free. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepdfconvert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freepdfconvert.com<\/a> is a website that we recommend. It&#8217;s a secure site that works quickly and does a decent job with Word documents that have even minor formatting. It&#8217;s also completely free if you only need to convert a single Word document to PDF. Additional capabilities include unlimited conversions (many documents at once) and the option to convert more file types with a premium subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The above steps could help any user to convert Microsoft word file to a non-editable PDF file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Anakage Offline Cobot&nbsp;has the software section where in, the user could search the particular software, click, download and run the solution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this way the user could easily download any particular software and can able to convert the file from one format to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here to see a video on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nj3gV-ZzYYw&amp;t=4s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Anakage Offline Cobot &#8211; Unable to open word attachment in Outlook\u201d,<\/a> which is a&nbsp;desktop application and has catalogue of \u201cOne Click\u201d along with&nbsp;the \u201cUser Guided\u201d&nbsp;solution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is much more you can automate, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/anakage.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> for more details. 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