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How to Create a PDF

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February 5, 2013

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Let’s say you want to add an article to your WordPress site. You want it to print “just right”, so simply pasting the content into a new page or post won’t work. What’s the best solution?

Create a PDF file and upload it to your site.

Don’t know how to do that? Here is a simple guide.

There are two stages to add PDF files to your pages.

 

  1. Make the PDF (if your file is already in PDF format you can skip to stage 2).
  2. Upload the PDF to WordPress.

Here is a quick guide:

Mac Instructions:

  1. Open your document in Microsoft Word (or whatever word processor you use).
  2. Go to file -> print.
  3. Click PDF (Instead of selecting your default printer).
  4. Click Print -> Save as PDF.
  5. Pick a file name and location for your new PDF (The easiest place to find the file is either in Documents or on your desktop).
  6. Open the PDF in Preview to make sure the PDF looks just right.
  7. You’re done. :-)

Windows Instructions:

  1. Download CutePDF (free).
  2. Install CutePDF (you may need to reboot your computer).
  3. Open your document in Microsoft Word (or whatever word processor you use).
  4. Go to file -> print.
  5. Select the CutePDF printer (Instead of selecting your default printer).
  6. Click “Print”.
  7. Pick a file name and location for your new PDF (The easiest place to find the file is either in “My Documents” or on your desktop).
  8. Open the PDF in Acrobat Reader to make sure the PDF looks just right.
  9. You’re done. :-)

Check back on Thursday for step 2, uploading the file to WordPress.

Questions? Leave us a comment.

About Thomas Umstattd

Thomas Umstattd Jr. is the CEO of Castle Media Group the parent company of Author Media. You can follow him on Twitter @ThomasUmstattd. and on Google+ He loves helping people use technology to change the world.
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3 Responses to How to Create a PDF

  1. http://yahoo.com #

    Many thanks for applying time to publish _How to Create
    a PDF | Author Media_. Thanks a ton yet again ,Alfredo

    Reply
  2. Tom #

    Hi,

    Another variant to use PDF’s is Yumpu.
    You can upload your PDF’s into a Epaper and then you can use it.

    Tom

    Reply
  3. Teodora Whetzel #

    I NEED HELP. Anyone who is an expert on Blogspot, or WordPress, contact me and give me some help. Share what you know on some kind of basis and it will come back to you. Help others and you will be helped. I have a couple dozen blogs on Word Press, one on Weebly, four or five on Word Press. I would like to consolidate, but don’t quite know how. I have management skills and great English skills, and other skills, but my tech skills are not so great. I want to partner with others to get great things done. I even have a blog on Partnering.

    Reply

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