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Work Smarter with PDFelement User Guide

How to Create PDF Files from Any File

How to create PDF files with PDFelement? Efficient methods are listed below.

1. Create PDF from file explorer.

You can use PDFelement to create a PDF from any type of printable files.

  • Open the PDFelement on your desktop, and you will see the homepage. Then click on Create a PDF > From File.
Create PDF from file explorer
Create PDF from file explorer

  • If you have opened a PDF, go to File > Create > From File.
Create from file
Create from file

2. Create PDF by drag and drop.

Simply drag the file into the program window if it is open, or convert quickly from within Windows Explorer.

  • Drag the document you want to convert on to the PDFelement desktop icon PDFelement desktop icon.
  • If the PDFelement is open, drag the file directly into the application window.
Drag the file to PDFelement
Drag the file to PDFelement

3. Create PDF by right click.

PDFelement is compatible with the Windows system and enables users to create PDF files directly by right-clicking the other formats of documents, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text, and images.

  • Right click the target document.
  • Click the "Create to PDF" button on the menu.
Create to PDF
Create to PDF
  • This will start the creation process. Within a few seconds, the document will be created to PDF format.
Creating PDF
Creating PDF
  • The created PDF file will be open in PDFelement and you can press "Ctrl + S" to save it.

4. Create PDF in Microsoft Office.

PDFelement also enables you to create PDF files in in Microsoft Office software like Word/Excel/PPT.

  • Open a Word/Excel/PPT file. There is a “PDFelement” button on the menu.
  • Click on " PDFelement > Create PDF " button to quickly create a PDFdocument.
Create PDF in Microsoft Office
Create PDF in Microsoft Office