Classroom and Lab Computing

How to create PDF Documents on Mac OS X

From almost any application that can print, you can create a PDF document of the document.

• Select File, Print...



• You now have 2 ways to create a PDF version of your document:


1. In the lower left corner of the Print dialog, click the Preview button which will create a temporary PDF document that will be opened in Apple's Preview application which you can then save or print from:
   

2. OR, save the PDF directly from the Print dialog:


• Click the pop-up PDF button and select Save as PDF...

• Specify the name of the PDF document to save:


• The process is now complete.

*NOTE: Adobe Acrobat Reader will not allow printing, intentionally designed that way, by Adobe.