Notepad help not saving file as PDF

Report · Mar 05, 2024

Ok, I don't know if anyone has had this sort of problem before with my old laptop while using Windows 10 I could convert any file to PDF including Notepad, when I open Notepad it would give me the option of choosing to convert the file to PDF and save it to my desktop. Now with the new laptop I download the Acrobat PDF viewer and is total garbage when I open Notepad write something on it and I want to save it as PDF doesn't give the option. I tried contacting Windows they said oh we are so sorry but the only workaround for that is that you put your printer as a Windows printer and then you can save as a file from Notepad and convert it to PDF. Why in the heck would I want to go through all of that hassle!!! Does anyone here have a solution to this problem?

Thanks,

Carmen

Report · Mar 05, 2024

Adobe Acrobat (for Windows) comes with the Adobe PDF virtual printer that allows you to create a PDF from any file you can print, basically. This is not a feature of Notepad by itself, and it's also not a part of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Report · Mar 05, 2024

Hi thanks for the info would the pdf printer be integrated onto the pdf viewer or is this printer separate and already on windows and if so would I find it in printers.

thanks,

carmen

Report · Mar 06, 2024

Yes, it should appear under Printers.