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Convert JPG to PDF: How to convert any image to PDF
This tutorial shows how to convert JPG to PDF or any image format to a PDF document. You can open your image and with a simple click convert it to PDF for easier sharing. Any image format can be converted (i.e. jpeg, png, gif, bmp, jpg, wpub) to PDF files by using a PDF converter.
Convert DWG to PDF: How to create PDFs from DWG or DXF files
This tutorial shows how to use novaPDF to convert a DWG file to a PDF document (with or without having AutoCAD installed). The process is very easy, simply open the DWG in any CAD viewer that supports the format and then print it to novaPDF to create the PDF.
Convert Word to PDF: How to create PDFs from Word (DOC/DOCX)
This tutorial shows how to convert Word to PDF. You can open your Word document and with a simple click convert the entire document to PDF for easier sharing by using the addin or the print option.
How to print an entire Excel workbook to a single PDF file
When you try to create a PDF with novaPDF and choose to print the Entire Workbook from Microsoft Excel, each sheet will be saved as a different PDF file.
This happens because one (or multiple) sheets in your workbook have a different dpi setting for printing. Because of this, Excel assumes that each individual sheet has to be sent for printing separately, so it will send it in the same way to the PDF printer which will prompt to create a PDF from each sheet.
Convert a web page to PDF
You can convert web pages to PDF from popular browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome by installing a PDF creator that works as a virtual PDF printer. Once the printer is installed, you can simply print to it and a PDF file will be generated. This article shows how to do such conversions and the first step is to download and install novaPDF from the Download page.
Convert XML to PDF: How-to create PDFs from XML files
The following tutorial explains how to use novaPDF to convert an XML file to a PDF from several applications that have support for opening the XML file for printing (Notepad, Notepad, Microsoft Word). If you do not have novaPDF installed yet, use the Download page to download and install it.
Convert OXPS to PDF: How to open and create PDFs from OXPS
This tutorial shows how to open OXPS files and convert them to PDF documents. Open XML Paper Specification (or OpenXPS) are meant as an alternative to PDF files, though still not as popular.
Convert MHT to PDF: How-to create PDFs from MHTML/MHT files
This tutorial shows how to convert a mht/mhtml file from any of the available supporting browsers (Edge, Chrome, Word etc.) to a PDF document using novaPDF. To download novaPDF, use the Download link to download and install it on your local computer.
How-to: Convert CorelDRAW to PDF (CDR to PDF)
The following tutorial shows how you can convert a CorelDRAW file (.CDR) to a PDF document using CorelDRAW or Inkscape. This way you can share the content of a Corel file easily with others without the need of having CorelDRAW to open it.
Convert Email to PDF
This tutorial shows how to convert e-mail messages to PDF (using novaPDF) from the following mail clients: Microsoft Outlook, the Windows Mail app or Thunderbird.
Convert DjVu to PDF
DjVu (deja vu) is an open source file format currently maintained by Caminova. Because the format is not widely distributed, many users prefer to convert it to a popular format such as PDF when exchanging documents. You will also need a DjVu reader/viewer (Internet Explorer is able to open these formats too) and novaPDF as a PDF converter.
Convert Excel to PDF: How to create PDFs from Excel (XLS/XLSX)
This tutorial shows how you can convert Excel to PDF. You can open your Excel document and with a simple click convert the entire workbook or just a sheet to PDF for easier sharing.
Convert SolidWorks to PDF
This tutorial shows how to convert the native SolidWorks file formats (slddwr, sldprt and sldasm) to PDF documents using a PDF printer driver such as novaPDF. If you do not have the novaPDF printer driver installed on your computer, use the Download page to download and install it.
Create and Send PDF via E-mail
This tutorial shows how to create and send a PDF document via e-mail using novaPDF Professional edition and examples on how to configure the email for sending to the Kindle and IPhone mobile devices. novaPDF is a PDF creator that allows generating PDF files from any Windows application that supports printing. If you don’t have novaPDF installed, use the Download page to download and install it.
Converting a help file (chm) to PDF
The following tutorial explains how to convert a .chm (Microsoft Compiled HTML Help) file to a PDF document by using novaPDF and a CHM file viewer (HTML Help, xCHM or SumatraPDF).
Convert to PDF with novaPDF
novaPDF is a PDF converter that allows creating PDF files from any Windows application that supports printing. This tutorial shows some examples on how to convert to PDF from various popular Windows applications, as well as describing the general method for converting documents to PDF.
Convert Visio to PDF
This tutorial shows how to convert a Microsoft Visio file to a PDF. novaPDF is a PDF converter that allows creating PDF files from any Windows application that supports printing. If you don't have novaPDF installed, use the Download page to download and install it.
Convert SVG to PDF: How to create PDFs from vector graphic files
The following tutorial shows how easy it is to convert a SVG file to a PDF document by using novaPDF along with multiple applications capable of opening the scalable vector graphic file (SVG).
How-to improve image quality in PDF
PDF image quality depends on what you need to do with that PDF file. If you need to create a PDF file just to share with others via email or web, then probably you want a smaller file rather than high-quality images. However, when you need print-ready PDFs, you want high-resolution images.
Convert OneNote to PDF
This tutorial shows how to convert the proprietary Microsoft Office OneNote file format (.one) to a PDF document with novaPDF as well as advantages and features when using the novaPDF as a PDF printer driver.
Convert Access to PDF: How to create PDF files from Microsoft Access
This tutorial shows how to use novaPDF to convert a Microsoft Office Access report to a PDF document, as well as how to convert other database objects (tables, forms, queries) to PDF.
Convert PSD files created with Adobe Photoshop to PDF
This article tutorial explains how to convert a Photoshop PSD file to a PDF document. For the conversion to take place, you need Adobe Photoshop installed along with a pdf printer driver such as novaPDF.
Send PDF to Kindle
The newest model, Kindle Keyboard/Fire, and the Deluxe model, Kindle DX, natively support the PDF format, so converting the files from PDF to a digital book format is no longer needed for these versions of Kindle models.
Previous models, Kindle (1 and Touch), recognize digital books in .azw, .txt, .mobi or .prc formats. Thus, in order to view PDF files on this version of Kindle, you have to convert those to a format recognized by it. Read below how you can convert from a normal format to PDF and after that sending it to Kindle (1 and Touch).
Convert DXF to PDF
This tutorial will show you how to convert a .DXF file to a PDF document by using novaPDF. If you do not have novaPDF installed, use the Download page to download and install it.
Create a PDF file from a Microsoft Works document
The following tutorial shows how to convert a .WPS file created with Microsoft Works to a PDF document with the novaPDF converter. If you do not have novaPDF on your computer, use the Download page to download and install it on your computer.