Convert to PDF with novaPDF

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Summary:
novaPDF is a PDF converter that allows creating PDF files from any Windows application that supports printing. This tutorial shows some examples on how to convert to PDF from various popular Windows applications, as well as describing the general method for converting documents to PDF.

On this page:
Convert to PDF Microsoft Word documents
Convert to PDF WordPad documents
Convert to PDF Notepad text files
Convert to PDF from other Windows applications that support printing

Details:
novaPDF installs itself as a virtual printer driver so there is no exe file to run in order to convert to a PDF file. To create PDF files you just have to print your documents to the novaPDF Printer, like you would print to a normal printer, and the PDF will be created and saved to the designated location (or you will be prompted to enter a location where the PDF should be saved).

Convert to PDF Microsoft Word documents

novaPDF is installed as a virtual printer so you can create PDF files simply by printing to it. To create PDF files from Microsoft Word documents:

Open the Word document that you want to convert to PDF file
Go to File->Print and select novaPDF from the Printers combo-box
Click on Ok and choose a location where you want the PDF file saved (auto-save can be configured too by accessing the Properties->Save tab of the novaPDF Printer)

Convert to PDF WordPad documents

To create PDF files from Microsoft WordPad documents:

Open the WordPad document that you want to convert to PDF file
Go to File->Print and select novaPDF from the Printers' list
Click on Print and choose a location where to save the PDF file (auto-save can be configured too by accessing the Properties->Save tab of the novaPDF Printer)

Convert to PDF Notepad text files

To create a PDF from a Notepad file:

Open the Notepad document that you want to convert to PDF file
Go to File->Print and select novaPDF from the Printers' list
Click on Print and choose a location where to save the PDF file (auto-save can be configured too by accessing the Properties->Save tab of the novaPDF Printer)

Convert to PDF from other Windows applications that support printing

Since novaPDF is installed as a virtual printer, the process of creating PDF files from a document is similar to that of printing the document. Only difference is that instead of the normal printer, you will have to select novaPDF Printer. Once a location where to save the PDF is set, novaPDF starts converting the file and will display the PDF after is created (this can be changed in novaPDF’s Properties though). These are the steps for creating a PDF from any application that supports printing:

Open the document that you want to convert to PDF
Select the Print option from that application’s menu and from the Printers' list choose novaPDF (most applications have the Print option in the File section)
After novaPDF is selected as a printer, click on Print and choose a location where to save the PDF file
Once the location is chosen novaPDF will start converting the document and when it finishes the PDF will be opened with the default PDF viewer (this can be changed by accessing the Properties->Save tab of the novaPDF Printer Properties window)

Applies to:

novaPDF Printer 1.x - 5.x
Microsoft Office Word 2000, XP, 2003, 2007
Microsoft Notepad 5.x
Microsoft WordPad 5.x

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