The best part about MS Word and Pages is that you can edit the document before actually converting it.

These methods are great when you need a more seamless workflow.

This option may not, however, render formatting and fonts correctly. You can open the Word file using TextEdit and choose Export as PDF from the File menu.

TextEdit on Mac is also a great option.

It’s a great option if you don’t have Word installed on the device.

You can use Pages app that is already preinstalled on Mac - to open the Word document and Export it to PDF.

Simply choose the destination and the PDF file would be saved. Now, you can see the Word document on Preview. You can do this by choosing Open With -> Preview from the context menu. To use this, you have to open the Word file using Preview. If you want to convert a Word file to PDF quickly, you can count on this method. Turns out, you can use it for converting a Word file to PDF as well. Preview is the default macOS app for opening PDF, Image and even other document files. Everything happens inside the Mac, as long as you have the Word file ready. The label native means that you don’t have to install or use third-party programs. There is only one effective way to convert Word to PDF in a Mac.

Wait for file to Process (may take a Long time to process).If you have a word file in the email attachment that you need to download as a PDF, simply open that file in Google Chrome, press Cmd + P to bring up the Print Menu. Change the destination to Save it as PDF. Not an intuative assumption, but it works.

Drag the word file created and Drop on icon of Acrobat.(do not release mouse button /track-pad button).

Next locate the icon of acrobat on the Dock.

The next best way that also partially gets around another Adobe Bug of not making active URL's and Mailto marked as such in Word and Excel.

go to File > Printer > PDF (hold the PDF button down).

You need Acrobat XI in order to get around the issue and even then if there is a section or page break that requires a Page Orientation Change. You can take the same Word file take it to a PC and it will print as it should and there is other proof from people by Microsoft to prove the defects lie squarely within Acrobat Mac.

Yet the basic code is shared between the PC version and the Mac version, differences Lie in GUI differences. They claim they can't figure out MS Page Breaks and section Breaks. It's been around since OSX.1 came on the scene.Īdobe Blames Microsoft and Apple and has washed their hands of it. This is a Long standing Bug adobe hasn't addressed.

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