Nitro PDF Professional User Guide

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Nitro PDF Professional User Guide
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4. Creating PDF
Nitro PDF Professional makes creating PDF documents simple and streamlined. You can quickly convert
most common files with one click (including files open in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), and
convert any other file type just by printing it to PDF.
• Create PDF quickly
• Create PDF from Microsoft Office
• Create PDF from any file
• Create PDF from screen captures
• Create PDF from scanner
To learn about combining files, see the Combining files and assembling pages section.
4.1 Fast PDF creation
For most commonly used file types (such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Nitro PDF Professional
enables you to convert them to PDF quickly and with a minimal effort. There are a variety of ways to do the
conversion, and best of all you can convert more than one file in the one go.
To create a PDF with one click:
• In the folder that contains the file, left-click the file and drag it on to the Nitro PDF Professional
desktop icon.
To convert files to PDF from a folder or the desktop:
1. Open the folder that contains the files you want to convert.
2. Left-click the file you want to select. To select more than one file, hold down CTRL as you left-click.
3. Right-click, and then click Convert To PDF.
To convert files to PDF in Nitro PDF Professional:
1. On the Home tab, in the Convert group, click Create PDF .
2. On the Create PDF dialog, click the Add Files button, and then select the files to convert.
3. In the Make PDF files list do one of the following, depending on whether file size or print quality is
more important to you:
• If the document requires high print quality, click Print-ready.
• If the print quality is less important than file size, click Office-ready.
• If a small file size is the most important quality, click Web-ready.
4. In the Save PDF to list, select the location you want to save the files to.
5. Click Create.
4.1.1 One-click creation file type support
You can quickly convert most commonly used file types by dragging and dropping them on to the Nitro PDF
Professional desktop icon or by opening the Create PDF dialog from the Home tab. File types supported
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