
How to Convert a Word Document to PDF
Turn a Word doc into a PDF in a few clicks with Save As, Export, or Print to PDF. Here's how on desktop, the web, and your phone, keeping links intact.
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Turn a Word doc into a PDF in a few clicks with Save As, Export, or Print to PDF. Here's how on desktop, the web, and your phone, keeping links intact.

Lock a Word file so only people with the password can open it. Here is the Encrypt with Password step on Windows and Mac, and how to remove it later.

Send personalized letters or emails from one document. This mail merge guide covers the Mailings tab wizard, an Excel list, merge fields, and formatting fixes.

Turn on formatting marks with Ctrl+Shift+8, then delete the stray paragraph mark, page break, or section break, plus the 1-point trick for a table's blank page.

Recover a Word file after a crash or a missed save with the Document Recovery pane, Recover Unsaved Documents, AutoRecover .asd files, and version history.

How to switch Word's built-in margin presets, set exact custom margins in inches, and apply the change to a whole document, one section, or just the pages ahead.

Compare three free ways to turn a PDF into an editable Word file: Word's own converter, Adobe Acrobat online, and Google Docs, plus fixes for scans.

How to turn on Track Changes in Word, switch between All Markup, Simple Markup, and No Markup, accept or reject edits, and lock tracking with a password.