There are several ways to create PDF files, as described below.<\/p>\n
If you don’t own a scanner (or an all-in-one that includes a scanning feature), you can scan your documents in the Scan & Copy Center at Mugar Library<\/a> or at other campus libraries<\/a> where available.<\/p>\n You can also scan at commercial locations like the FedEx near Warren Towers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Many popular desktop software apps have a “Save As PDF” option. Use it when possible when you have an electronic version of the document.<\/p>\n Windows users can create PDFs using Adobe Acrobat<\/a> or pdf 995<\/a>. In addition to Acrobat, Mac users can create PDFs natively by selecting “Save As …” and then selecting the PDF option for most Mac apps.<\/p>\n NOTE that the \u201cPrint as PDF\u201d option rarely yields a document that meets accessibility requirements.<\/strong> Use \u201cSave As PDF\u201d or \u201cExport\u201d options in the authoring software.<\/p>\n You can also use a search engine to find websites that offer PDF creation as a service – you upload a scanned document and they will email back the PDF version. Take care to use reputable sites and follow the University’s Data Protection Standards<\/a> for any documents uploaded to a third-party service provider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are several ways to create PDF files, as described below. Scanning If you don’t own a scanner (or an all-in-one that includes a scanning feature), you can scan your documents in the Scan & Copy Center at Mugar Library or at other campus libraries where available. You can also scan at commercial locations like…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1303,"featured_media":0,"parent":7475,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7559"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157125,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7559\/revisions\/157125"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/strong>Desktop Software<\/h2>\n
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