Summary

This document will guide you through the steps on how to save a document as a PDF using a Mac. The example shown will cover how to save a webpage open in Safari as a PDF document.

 

Step One

Open Safari and browse to the webpage you wish to save as PDF. For the purpose of this document, we will use Google.com

 

Step Two

Click on the Safari option bar at the top-left of your screen and go to “File” and “Export as PDF”

 

Step Three

Select a name and a location and click on “Save”

 

Note: Please note that when trying to print from a webpage, first you need to save it as a PDF as shown in this guide, and then you can print the PDF document.

 

Additional Information

Following the procedures outlined in this document you can save other types of files (i.e. JPEG, WORD, etc…) to PDF.

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