How To Convert A Word Document To PDF

By: Andrea Miller

Break Studios Contributing Writer

Do you need to know how to convert a Microsoft Word document to a PDF file? Follow these simple steps to convert your Microsoft Word document to a PDF file if you have Microsoft Office 2007:

  1. Open the file you would like to convert to a PDF in Microsoft Word. Open Word, then click the Microsoft Office button in the left-hand corner of the screen (it looks like 4 multicolored squares). Click on Open, then browse to the Word document you want to convert and click Open again.
  2. Once the file is open, click on the Microsoft Office button again, then click on Save As. On the box that opens, click on the arrow next to the command "Save as type." A list of file types that you can save your Word document as will appear.
  3. From this list, choose PDF. Type a name for your file in the box, then click Save. Your Word document will be converted to a PDF file.

If you have Microsoft Office 2010, the instructions to convert a Microsoft Word document to a PDF file are different. Follow these steps:

  1. Click on the File tab at the top of the screen, then click on Save As.
  2. On the box that opens, click on the arrow next to the command "Save as type." A list of file types that you can save your Word document as will appear.
  3. From this list, choose PDF. Type a name for your file in the File Name box, then click Save. Your Word document will be converted to a PDF file.
Posted on: Oct. 22, 2010