Print to PDF

Printing has become more affordable over the years however it still costs money.  We can't avoid printing all together, however, there are times when printing a document to a PDF is both more convenient as well as free.  This short video will explain in more detail.  And speaking of saving money, if you, or anyone you know needs help saving money on their mortgage or needs help qualifying for a mortgage please call or email me.  Thank you and enjoy the video. 

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Money Saving Minute number zero one eight – Print to PDF

To save money in the office many of us have started printing documents to a PDF rather than printing hard copies.  A PDF printer works just like your home printer as far as your print settings are concerned.  The difference when printing to PDF is that instead of the final product being a piece of paper it’s a file that can be stored on your PC or emailed to another user. 

So how can this money saving print feature be used in your personal life?  For one, do you pay bills or make any purchases online?  After you make your payment do you print your receipt and tracking number?  Print this page to PDF and store it on your PC.  This will save you money as well as reduce clutter in your hard files.  Do you print news articles, recipes, school schedules, photos or jokes to share with friends?  Print them to PDF and email them to your friends and family instead.  This also works great for emails that you would like to save.  Print them to PDF and store them in a folder on your PC for easy access.

There are quite a few PDF creation programs available.  I have found two that are very easy to use as well as free. The first is Primo PDF and second is Nitro PDF.  Both offer different features so I have both on my PC.  Primo offers a security feature that will allow you to password protect your more sensitive PDF’s.  Nitro is nice because it’s a one click and done program.  Below are the links for both free downloads.

DOWNLOADING NOTES

When downloading these or any other programs make sure that you read each page that pops up.  You may be asked if you would like to download toolbars, make a program a default program or download additional programs.  The default setting for each of these questions is “yes”.  If you don’t want these addon’s make sure that you uncheck the box.  Also, once you have downloaded Nitro, Primo or both; go back to your PC and change your default PDF reader back to adobe.  To do this simply right click on any PDF, select properties, click “open with” then select adobe.  Nitro and Primo are great for printing PDF’s but Adobe is still better for viewing PDF’s online.

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