You can select Adobe PDF in almost any Windows or macOS application while printing. Print to PDF creates an electronic copy of your file that you can save to disk. Printing a file to PDF using the Adobe PDF printer flattens the file.

SUBSCRIBE FOR THE LATEST VIDEOS No matter what business you are in, PDF is likely the file of choice for official documents. Select a file in any application that prints and open it. Choose “File” “Print”. Choose “Adobe PDF” from the list of printers in the print dialogue box. Click 'Print' to use the Acrobat PDF printer. Click “OK” and enter a new file name for your PDF. Save to your desired location.

Ensure that Acrobat is installed on your computer, otherwise, the Adobe PDF printer or the Save As Adobe PDF option won't appear. Don’t have Acrobat? Try Acrobat for free.

Watch this video tutorial to use the Adobe PDF Printer to create PDFs from almost any application.

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Choose Adobe PDF as the printer in the Print dialog box.

To customize the Adobe PDF printer setting, click the Properties (or Preferences) button. (In some applications, you may need to click Setup in the Print dialog box to open the list of printers, and then click Properties or Preferences.)

Click Print. Type a name for your file, and click Save.

For more information on Adobe PDF printer settings, see Using the Adobe PDF printer.

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The Adobe PDF printer is not available on Mac. However, you can use the Save As Adobe PDF option to print a file to PDF on Mac.

Note:

In macOS Mojave (v10.14), when you try to print a document to PDF using the System Print Dialog > Save As Adobe PDF, the following error message is displayed: 'This workflow contains the action Save As Adobe PDF, which is provided by a third party. Third party actions must be explicitly enabled.'

To resolve this error, see Error in saving as Adobe PDF | macOS Mojave 10.14.

Click the PDF button and choose Save As Adobe PDF.

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