How to Save a Microsoft Office Publisher Document as a PDF

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By DenimDragonfly
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Portable Document Format or PDF is a wonderful little save format that allows you to present your content in “book form”, easily email your documents once complete and makes it more difficult to alter. Wouldn't it be great if the PDF save format were available to Microsoft Office Publisher documents? I have great news for you, it is! Read on to find out more!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
A document ready to save
Access to the Internet

Step 1

To get your Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 program to save PDF's you'll first need to get a small supplemental program from Microsoft. This is very easy to do and I've included a link in the sources section directly to the page.
Step 2

Once you have the program loaded onto your computer go ahead and install it. It may be wise to have the file checked with your anti-virus program before installing it. Follow all instructions provided by the program.
Step 3

Save as PDF

Once the program is installed you'll be able to start saving your documents as PDF's, there's no need to re-start your computer. To do so just go to file and select “publish as PDF or XPS”, choose the desired print quality from the drop down menu and push “ok”. That's all there is to it!

Be sure to read the tips section for more information!

Tips & Warnings

If you are working on a project in Publisher you don't need to shut it down before installing the PDF save program from Microsoft! After the program installs you'll be able to save your document as PDF immediately.

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