Converting a Word document into a PDF file

Objective: Converting your Microsoft Word into PDF format using Acrobat PDF Professional. This method of making a PDF file works best with word documents that are not too complex.

Step one: Open your document

Open a new document in Microsoft Word. Type your text as you would normally do. Save your document in Microsoft Word format.

Step two: Convert to PDF

Go to Adobe PDF menu

Step three: Select Create Acrobat PDF

Select Create Acrobat PDFfrom the pulldown menu

Step four: Save PDF file

Select the location you want to save your file. Type in your file name. Click OK.

Step five: Done

Your PDF document has been saved to your specified location. Microsoft Word will then take you back to your Word document.

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