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E-Publishing Theses and Research papers

Converting your Document to PDF
(Portable Document Format)

Method 3: Create a PDF File from MS Word using Virtual PDF Printer

Execute the following steps for all files to be converted.

  1. Open the word processed file to be converted
  2. Select File > Print
  3. Click on the drop down menu in the Printer section and select Virtual PDF Printer
  4. Click on the 'Properties' button to determine if these are set as required
  5. Click 'OK'
  6. Click 'OK' again
  7. Navigate to the location where you would like this file to be saved - no need to change the file name
  8. Click 'Save'

Repeat this process until all word documents have been converted to PDF.


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