Create a PDF on a MacBook Air

You might find it helpful to create a PDF for some of your documents.  If you're working with BlackBoard and you add a PDF link, it will open right in BlackBoard.  Otherwise, if you add a word document, it will open outside of the website.

Once you finish creating a document (or you open an existing document), you will go under the "File" menu and choose "Print".

In the lower left hand corner you will see a drop down menu that says "PDF".  In this menu, you can also modify the page range if you do not want to convert the entire document to a PDF.  Once you have chosen your page range, click the arrow and select "Save as PDF".

A new window will then open up.  Navigate to the location where you would like the document saved and press "Save".  You have now successfully created a PDF.

***In Microsoft Word, you could also choose "File", "Save As", and under "Format" choose "PDF".