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Saving your document in PDF Format

Saving your document in PDF
Format
H O W T O S AV E A M I C R O S O F T W O R D 2 0 1 0 D O C U M E N T A S A P O R TA B L E
D O C U M E N T F O RM AT ( P D F ) F I L E

INTRODUCTION
With all the available technology and document options available these days it can sometimes be a little bit
tricky to accomplish tasks that you’re not entirely sure how to do. That’s why simple help manuals such as this
are around to help you in the most straight forward way possible, allowing you to have peace of mind in
knowing how to keep up with technology.
Note- If printed in black and white; colour coded shape references on images may not show as well.

GETTING TO KNOW MICROSOFT WORD 2010
Microsoft Word 2010 is a popular word
processing program that allows a wide range of
users to create and edit documents of all sorts
and shapes ranging from personal letters to
important business emails and so much more. It’s
important to know that the default format of a
Word document is .Doc or .Docx; this format
allows other programs to register the file as a
Word document and if able will open all design elements you have included in your document. Saving your
document as other formats can either increase or decrease the compatibility with other programs so it’s
important to know which file format is necessary for your situation.

Information for users operating older
versions of Microsoft Word
As mentioned above Microsoft word 2010 has an inbuilt
feature that allows saving as a PDF file. Sadly this isn’t
the case for older versions such as Microsoft word 2007.
If you happen to be running Microsoft Word 2007 you
will be required to access the internet and download the
‘saveaspdf’ add-on for Microsoft Word 2007 before this
manual will be of any help to you. This download is
available from Microsoft.com.

© Bethany Marriott 2013

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