And now that it’s natively available in Windows 10, it’s easy too. While printing to PDF might seem like a pretty mundane task, there are a number of situations where this capability can come in extremely handy. When you select the Microsoft Print to PDF option from a Windows Store app, the file will automatically be saved to the Documents folder, and you’ll see a toast when it’s complete ( Figure D).įigure D From an Windows Store app, the PDF file will be automatically saved, and you’ll see a toast when it is complete. You’ll be prompted for a filename and will see that the file type is PDF ( Figure C).įigure C From a standard Windows application, you’ll be prompted to provide a filename for the PDF.
When you select the Microsoft Print to PDF option from a standard Windows application, you’ll see standard looking save dialog box, titled Save Print Output As. You just access the Print dialog box from a standard Windows application ( Figure A) or a Windows Store app ( Figure B) and select the Microsoft Print to PDF option.įigure A You’ll find the Microsoft Print to PDF feature in the Print dialog box from a standard Windows application.įigure B You’ll find the Microsoft Print to PDF feature in the Print dialog box from a Windows Store app. Of course, the Microsoft Print to PDF feature is available in every application in Windows 10 that has printing capability. Called Microsoft Print to PDF, this feature is installed as a native printer in Windows 10, right next to the good old Microsoft XPS Document Writer. Well, fortunately, Microsoft has finally bestowed such a feature in Windows 10. We then began saving the valuable information in PDF files.īoy, what I would have given to have a native PDF printer back in those days! To solve the problem, I suggested installing CutePDF Writer on our Windows XP workstations. As the old hardware running the Lotus Notes server was on its last leg, getting those gems out as quickly as possible became very important. Unfortunately, the export options on the Notes client were lousy, and much of the original formatting would be lost in the process, thus making the information difficult to decipher.
Not all of the information was still pertinent, but there were a quite a few gems that folks in the office found valuable.
There are just so many instances where this capability can come in extremely handy.įor example, a company where I once worked had a large variety of knowledgebase content locked away in an old Lotus Notes database. I’ve always been a fan of tools, such as CutePDF Writer, that allow me to generate a PDF file via a print option. Greg Shultz generates some output on Windows 10's native PDF printer.
Take advantage of the Microsoft Print to PDF feature in Windows 10
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