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Create a PDF

Creating a PDF with PDFCreator couldn't be easier. Just follow the steps below and you will be creating PDF's in no time. There are five ways to create PDF in PDFCreator: Printing, Drag and Drop, Document Adding, Command Line, and via Windows Explorer.

Printing
Drag and Drop
Document Adding
Command Line
Windows Explorer

Method 1: Printing

1. Open the document you wish to convert into a PDF in its default application.

2. Print the document as you would on a standard printer.

3. When the print dialog appears, change the printer from your default printer to the PDFCreator printer. If the PDFCreator printer is your default printer, you do not have to change it. Then click OK.

4. Another window will appear asking you to fill in some information to create your PDF. Click on the Save button to pick the location where you want to save the PDF or click the Waiting button to create the PDF at a later time.

    Note: This is also the location where you can specify what format you want to save the document in. You can save in PDF, PNG, JPEG, BMP, PCX, TIFF, PS, and EPS format.

5. If you selected Save, your PDF will be created and opened up in your default PDF viewer. If you selected Waiting, the PDFCreator Print Monitor will open up with the document in the queue.

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Method 2: Drag and Drop

1. Open the PDFCreator Print Monitor.

2. Click and drag the document or file you wish to create into a PDF into the Print Monitor. If PDFCreator is not your default printer, it will ask to become it temporarily in order to complete the request. It will return the default printer status to the original printer once the process has been completed.

3. Another window will appear asking you to fill in some information to create your PDF. Click on the Save button to pick the location where you want to save the PDF or click the Waiting button to create the PDF at a later time.

    Note: This is also the location where you can specify what format you want to save the document in. You can save in PDF, PNG, JPEG, BMP, PCX, TIFF, PS, and EPS format.

4. If you selected Save, your PDF will be created and opened up in your default PDF viewer. If you selected Waiting, the PDFCreator Print Monitor will open up with the document in the queue.

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Method 3: Document Adding

1. Open the PDFCreator Print Monitor.

2. Click the Document menu and select Add.

3. In the file type box, select All Files and then select the document you wish to convert to PDF. If PDFCreator is not your default printer, it will ask to become it temporarily in order to complete the request. It will return the default printer status to the original printer once the process has been completed.

4. Another window will appear asking you to fill in some information to create your PDF. Click on the Save button to pick the location where you want to save the PDF or click the Waiting button to create the PDF at a later time.

    Note: This is also the location where you can specify what format you want to save the document in. You can save in PDF, PNG, JPEG, BMP, PCX, TIFF, PS, and EPS format.

5. If you selected Save, your PDF will be created and opened up in your default PDF viewer. If you selected Waiting, the PDFCreator Print Monitor will open up with the document in the queue.

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Method 4: Command Line

1. Go to the Start menu and click on Run.

2. In the Open box type: PDFCreator.exe /PF"Path of file to be converted" (Make sure to type the full path to PDFCreator.exe and there is no space between /PF and the path). You can also place this command in a shortcut, batch file, or in the Command Window/DOS Prompt.

3. If PDFCreator is not your default printer, it will ask to become it temporarily in order to complete the request. It will return the default printer status to the original printer once the process has been completed.

4. The document's defualt application will open up and automatically print the document and exit. Then PDFCreator will open up a window and ask you to fill in some information to create your PDF. Click on the Save button to pick the location where you want to save the PDF or click the Waiting button to create the PDF at a later time.

    Note: This is also the location where you can specify what format you want to save the document in. You can save in PDF, PNG, JPEG, BMP, PCX, TIFF, PS, and EPS format.

5. If you selected Save, your PDF will be created and opened up in your default PDF viewer. If you selected Waiting, the PDFCreator Print Monitor will open up with the document in the queue.

For more command line parameters, see section "command line parameters".

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Method 5: Windows Explorer

1. Right click on any document and select Create PDF with PDFCreator.

2. If PDFCreator is not your default printer, it will ask to become it temporarily in order to complete the request. It will return the default printer status to the original printer once the process has been completed.

3. The PDFCreator Print Monitor will appear and the document will added to the queue. Another window will appear asking you to fill in some information to create your PDF. Click on the Save button to pick the location where you want to save the PDF or click the Waiting button to create the PDF at a later time.

    Note: This is also the location where you can specify what format you want to save the document in. You can save in PDF, PNG, JPEG, BMP, PCX, TIFF, PS, and EPS format.

 

4. If you selected Save, your PDF will be created and opened up in your default PDF viewer. If you selected Waiting, the PDFCreator Print Monitor will open up with the document in the queue.

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