Making a PDF

All MS Office products can produce PDF documents. Below are instructions for Word 2010, Word 2013, and Word 2016. There are advantages to using PDF in your course:

• The document looks the same for every student no matter what operating system or browser. 
• The PDF format is ubiquitous. It works on any operating system. 
• Usually saving as PDF compresses the file size.

Creating a PDF Document from a Word 2010 Document

1. Open your Word document.
2. Click the File tab.
3. Choose Save As.
4. In the Save as Type dropdown menu, choose PDF.
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5. Choose a location to save your file, and give it the name you want it to have. Then click Save.

Creating a PDF Document from a Word 2013 Document

1. Open your Word document.
2. Click the File tab.
3. Choose Export.
4. Click the Create PDF/XPS button.
   
5. Choose a location to save your file, and give it the name you want it to have. Then click Publish.

Creating a PDF Document from a Word 2016 Document

1. Open your Word document.
2. Click the File tab.
3. Choose Save as Adobe PDF.
4. Choose a location to save your file, and give it the name you want it to have. Then click Save.