Creating PDF Files from MS Word

Step 1:

One example might be:

Contents	File Name
Title Page, Abstract, Table of Contents	"etd.doc"
Chapter 1: Introduction	"ch1.doc" or "intro.doc"
Chapter 2: Materials	"ch2.doc" or "mat.doc"

Save all files associated with the thesis or dissertation in the same folder.

Step 2 using Adobe Acrobat Distiller:     or    Step 2 using Adobe Acrobat PDFWriter
Note: For better results use Adobe Acrobat Distiller.

Find a computer with Word and Adobe Acrobat Distiller installed (note: you will also need access to the Adobe Acrobat software if you have multiple files).

• Open the thesis or dissertation file in Word.
• Under the File menu, select Print.
• You should see a window that looks like this:

  

• Select the Acrobat Distiller printer from the pull-down list.
• Click OK.
• A window similar to this one should appear:

  

• Select a file name and location where you want to save the file.
• Click OK.
  
  
• Repeat these steps until all of the documents associated with the thesis or dissertation have been converted to PDF files.
• Close your Word Processor.
• SKIP TO STEP 3!

Step 2 using Adobe Acrobat PDFWriter:
Note: For better results use Adobe Acrobat Distiller.

Find a computer with Word and Adobe Acrobat PDFWriter installed (note: you will also need access to the Adobe Acrobat software if you have multiple files).

• Open the thesis or dissertation file in Word.
• Under the File menu, select Print.
• You should see a window that looks like this:

  

• Select the Acrobat PDFWriter printer from the pull-down list.
• Click OK.
• A window similiar to this one should appear:

  

• Select a file name and location where you want to save the file. Before selecting to Save, you can choose to Edit Document Info. To do this, select the Edit Document Info button located at the bottom left of the window. A window similar to this should appear:

  

  You may want to read Help with Keywords if you are going to fill in the Keywords section. When you are finished in this window, click OK.

• Save your file.
• Repeat these steps until all of the documents associated with the thesis or dissertation have been converted to PDF files.
• Close your Word Processor.

Step 3:

If you have multiple PDF files you will need to create links or bookmarks to them (using Acrobat ) from your etd.pdf file before you submit them online (see Creating Links or Bookmarks in a PDF File) or you can combine them into one PDF file for submission (see Combining Multiple PDF Files).

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