Follow these steps to use Adobe Acrobat or Reader to save your changes to an Adobe PDF or PDF Portfolio in the original PDF or in a copy of the PDF. You can also save individual PDFs to other file formats, including text, XML, HTML, and Microsoft Word.
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You use Microsoft Word for your various word-processing needs. It's simple and easy-to-use, and it simply gets the job done in most cases. But what if someone else requests a file in a different format, such as PDF? What if you need the info in your Word doc to appear in plain text, without any font or paragraph styles?
Microsoft Word 2016 for Windows has a basic feature that lets you save documents in several different, but common, file formats. Here's how to use it.
How to save a Microsoft Word doc as a PDF
Click the File tab in the top-left corner of your Word screen.
Click Export in the blue vertical menu that runs along the left side of your screen.
With the Create XPS/PDF Document option selected, click the corresponding box on the right side of your screen. (It looks like a document icon wearing a seatbelt.)
- A new box labeled Publish as PDF or XPS appears, and you should use it to navigate to the location on your PC where you want to save the new PDF.
Click Publish to create and save your PDF.
- You may see a How do you want to open this file? pop-up box. By default, Windows will use the Edge browser but you can choose from other compatible browser apps installed on your PC, as well.
- If you want to continue using the same app to open PDFs in the future, check the Always use this app to open .pdf files option.
If the file format you want isn't available in Microsoft's default option, you can also dig a bit deeper for additional file format options.
How to save a Microsoft Word doc in different file formats
- Follow Steps No. 1 and No. 2 above.
Highlight the Change File Type option on the left side of the screen.
- You'll see a number of different present options for new file formats, including OpenDocument Text, Word 97-2003 Document, Plain Text and Rich Text Format.
- If you want to use one of the default options, choose and click it accordingly and then hit the Save As box at the bottom of the screen.
- Next, navigate to the location on your PC where you want to save the new file and click Save.
If you want to save your Word doc in a format that's not available in Word's preset defaults, complete Steps No. 1 and No. 2 above, and then choose Save as Another File Type
- Click the Save As box at the bottom of the screen.
- In the next box, navigate to the location on your PC where you want to save the new file.
Open the drop-down menu next to Save as type to see a few additional options, such as Word XML Document, Strict Open XML document, and Web Page, Filtered.
- Choose the format you want and click Save.
Word 2016 for Windows lets you easily convert your documents into more than a dozen different formats, using the process detailed here.
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You can save your changes to an Adobe PDF or PDF Portfolio in the original PDF or in a copy of the PDF. You can also save individual PDFs to other file formats, including text, XML, HTML, and Microsoft Word. Saving a PDF in text format allows you to use the content with a screen reader, screen magnifier, or other assistive technology.
If you don't have access to the source files that created an Adobe PDF, you can still copy images and text from the PDF to use elsewhere. You can also export the PDF to a reusable format, or export images in a PDF to another format.
Adobe Acrobat Reader users can save a copy of a PDF or PDF Portfolio if the creator of the document has enabled usage rights. If a document has additional or restricted usage rights, the document message bar under the toolbar area describes the assigned restrictions or privileges.
Usethis method to save PDFs, including PDF Portfolios,and PDFs in which you have added comments, form field entries, anddigital signatures.
Note:
Saving a digitally signed PDF invalidates the signature.
To save changes to the current file, choose File > Save.
To save a copy of a PDF, choose File > Save As.
In Acrobat Reader, choose File > Save As or File > Save As Other > Text.
To save a copy of a PDF Portfolio, choose File >Save As Other > PDF Portfolio.
Note:
If you are viewing a PDF in a web browser, the Acrobat File menu is not available. Use the Save A Copy button in the Acrobat toolbar to save the PDF.
The Autosave feature guardsagainst losing your work in case of a power failure by incrementally,and at regular intervals, saving file changes to a specified location.The original file is not modified. Instead, Acrobat createsan autosave file of changes, which includes all the changes youmade to the open file since the last automatic save. The amountof new information that the autosave file contains depends on howfrequently Acrobat saves the autosavefile. If you set the autosave interval to 15 minutes, you couldlose the last 14 minutes of your work if a problem occurs. Frequentautomatic saving prevents loss of data, and is especially usefulif you make extensive changes to a document, such as by adding comments.
You can apply autosave changes to the original files when yourestart Acrobat. When you close, savemanually, or revert to the last-saved version of a file, the autosavefile is deleted.
Note:
If you use assistive technology, such as a screen reader,you may want to disable the Autosave feature so that you don't loseyour place when the file is reloaded.
The Autosave feature won't work in the following cases:
A document that has its security changed. You must save the document to re-enable automatic saving of document changes.
A document created using the Web Capture feature or extracted from a larger PDF (Tools > Organize Pages > Extract). You must save the document to enable automatic saving of changes.
A document displayed in a web browser or incorporated into a container document that supports Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). This document appears outside the default file system and cannot support automatic saving.
Toprevent lost changes after an unexpected interruption, enable theAutosave feature, which is the default setting.
- In the Preferences dialog box underCategories, select Documents.
- Select Automatically Save Document Changes To TemporaryFile Every xx Minutes (1-99), and specify the number of minutes.
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- Start Acrobat oropen the file you were working on last.
- When prompted, click Yes to open the autosave file orfiles. If multiple files were open, Acrobat opensall of the files for you.
- Save the file or files with the same names as the filesyou were originally working on.
Youcan sometimes reduce the file size of a PDF simply by using the SaveAs Other command. Reducing the size of PDFs improvestheir performance—particularly when they're being opened on theweb—without altering their appearance.
TheReduce File Size command resamples and recompressesimages, removes embedded Base-14 fonts, and subset-embeds fontsthat were left embedded. It also compresses document structure andcleans up elements such as invalid bookmarks. If the file size isalready as small as possible, this command has no effect.
Note:
Reducing the file size of a digitally signed document removes the signature.
- Open a single PDF, or select one or more PDFsin a PDF Portfolio.
If you're certain that all your users use Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader, limiting compatibility to the latest version can further reduce file size.
(Optional) To apply the same settings to multiple files, click Apply To Multiple, and add the files. Click OK, then in the Output Options dialog box, specify your folder and filename preferences.
Note:
The Apply To Multiple buttonis not available inPDF Portfolios.
To control changes and quality trade-offs, use PDF Optimizer in Acrobat Pro, which makes more options available.
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