You're right; both of these methods work - when the message stated 'convert', I wasn't thinking 'print' [ oops ;-) ]
Yes 'printing to file' is a great way to change any document to an editable one - [I'm sure there are exceptions to this - I've used the word 'any' so those knowing the exceptions will come forth anon] On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk>wrote: Hi :) > Another way, but i think this is only on Gnu&Linux (such as Ubuntu, > Mageia, Mint, OpenSUSE, Redhat, Chrome etc) > > File - Print - "Print to file" > > this way embeds all the fonts and stuff into the Pdf image. It's a bit > more awkward because you have to play around with the different tabs in the > printer dialogue-box. Anne's method is the one i usually go for > > File - "Export as Pdf" > > This way gives you tons more options such as how much compression and what > type, whether to add PDF/A1 to help people with screen-readers be able to > read the document more easily. It even gives an option of adding the .odt > into the Pdf so that LibreOffice users can edit the file more easily. > Non-LibreOffice users just don't see the editable file hidden inside. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* anne-ology <lagin...@gmail.com> > *To:* Daulat Raikar <daulat.rai...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* users@global.libreoffice.org > *Sent:* Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 16:34 > *Subject:* re. doc to pdf > > Yes; > to do so: > when you open the document, go to the files at the top --> > go down list to convert to ... --> > one of the options is PDF files; > clicking on this will cause a block to appear asking where > you desire to save this document - > choose the location, and click ok. > > BTW - you can subscribe to this list by sending an e-mail to > users+subscr...@global.libreoffice.org > > > > Hello > > Is it possible for a document to be converted to PDF format? > > Daulat Raikar > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted