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How to Convert Word to PDF on Android

2020-10-03T23:27:00.012+05:30

Word format is one of the most basic popular formats in the world of documents. We can do many things with word life creating simple notes to advanced level documents with custom templates. But in some cases, we cannot directly send the word file to some places like school or office. We have to convert the word file into PDF fast, and then we can send it. Now, if you have created or currently have a Word file in your device, but you don't know how to convert it into PDF. Don't worry, I have not only one but six easy solutions for you. You can make your work done without a computer or laptop. Each solution is totally free of cost. I'll guide you through my article and try my best to clear your doubts. OK then, let's get started.

Contents

What is Word
What is PDF
Difference between Word and PDF
Convert Word to PDF on Android (5 Simple Ways)

What is Word

In 1983, it was published by Microsoft as a word-processor developed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie. This software is used for creating advanced-level documents, letters, paragraphs, notes, and reports as well. In the past, the software produced the files with .doc extension, but from 2007, it generates a more optimized version of the file, which comes with .docx extension. These types of documents are formally known as Word documents. Learn more on Wikipedia.

What is PDF

The full form of PDF is Portable Document Format. The file extension of the format is '.pdf'. Co-founder of Adobe, Dr. John Warnock, introduced a new idea of converting a paper into digital, The Camelot Project. The motto was to help everyone to capture documents from any application, send electronic versions of these documents anywhere. They wanted to make it easy to view and print the document on any printing device. In 1992, Camelot was developed into PDF. Learn more from Wikipedia.

Difference between Word and PDF

PDF file comes with'.pdf' extension and Word file normally comes with the extension of '.docx'. The main difference is; you can not directly edit a document formatted as PDF, but you can edit your document if that is in Word format. Besides, we can apply a template to our Word document. PDF displays the document as is actually look in the printed copy.

Convert Word to PDF on Android (5 Simple Ways)

Method: 1

First, go to Google Play Store and download "Microsoft Office".

After finishing the first setups, click on the Actions tab and go to the 'Document to PDF' option, as you can see in the below screenshot.

Now open your document wherever you have kept in your 'Device' or 'OneDrive's Cloud Storage'. Then select your Word file that you want to convert into a PDF.

After selecting the file, our job is almost done. You can see that our document is converted into a PDF file. Rename it and click on the 'Save' button. Now you have successfully converted your word file into a PDF file.

Now the document is in '.pdf' format.

Method: 2

In this second method, we will use 'Google Docs', which is a word file viewer and editor, just like Microsoft Word for converting a word file into a PDF file. 'Google Docs' is a very lightweight and user-friendly application. Just install it from Play Store and get started.

After installing 'Google Docs', open your word file with it and click on the "three-dot button".

You will see a menu popup on the screen. Click on the 'Share and export' option.

Now click on 'Save as'.

From here, you can save your document as many types of format. Choose the format "PDF document (.pdf)" and click 'OK'.

Your document is converted as a PDF file but saved on "Google cloud storage", not on your device. You will find a download icon on the top. Tap on that and save your PDF file in your device. Here is the screenshot for you.

Method: 3

In this method, we will use a free and open-source application name 'Document to PDF Converter'. Probably it is the easiest way to convert a word file into a PDF. Just grab the app from Google Play Store and see how to use this.

Using this app is very simple. After opening this app, you will see a very simple interface on your screen. Click on the "Continue" button and proceed.

After clicking the continue button, all the Word files will appear in front of you. You can use the 'Filters' option for filtering the format of your documents if you want. Now select your document file and click on the "Convert" button below.

Your word file will be converted into a PDF file within a few seconds. After the converting process is done, you will see and interface just like that. From here, you can open your PDF file by clicking on the "Open" button or PDF that can be sent directly by clicking "Send".

Method: 4

Here is one more solution for you. Get "Microsoft Word" from Google Play Store.

Now open the app, and at the below right corner, you will find an option open. Open your word document from there, you have kept that.

In this case, I have kept my ".docx" file in my device storage. Let's open it and see what to do next.

After opening the document, you will find a "three-dot" more option at the upper right corner, as you can see in the screenshot.

Now carefully see the screenshot. After clicking on that more button, you will see a popup.  As you can see in the first option "Share as PDF", by this option, you can directly share your word file as PDF through WhatsApp or any other file sharing apps. 

But if you don't want to share your file, you want to save it in your device then click on the "Print" option.

After you have clicked on the "Print" option, it will take a moment to load for preparing the PDF format. Now the preview of your PDF is ready. To save the PDF file, click on the button, as I have shown below.

Method: 5

Here is the other best and easy way. Most of the Android phones come with "Google Drive" pre-installed. If you don't have, then download it from Google Play Store.

Now open your word file using Google Drive (If you have already uploaded your Word file into Google Drive. Otherwise, you have to upload it to Google Drive. The uploading process is very simple, open your Google Drive and click on the "Colorful Plus Icon" at the below right corner and upload your file.) And click on the "More" option at the upper right corner.

Click on the "Print" option in the popup window.

You can see our document is formatted as PDF. To save it in your device, click the "Yellow PDF button" and you are all done.

Conclusion:- These are all the solutions I found easy-to-use. If you ask me about my personal suggestion, then I will recommend you to go with Microsoft Office, which I have mentioned in the first solution. Firstly it comes from the house of Microsoft. Besides, it is pretty simple to use. After using this application, you will say, "OMG! it has tons of useful features." This single app will handle all your Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF as well itself.

Document to PDF App is another right choice because it is the easiest way among all the solutions I gave here. This is a tiny app, and it is effortless to use. So you may go with this option, but you must remember your converted media files will be saved to this path. Microsoft Word and Google doc both are good choices ,and you may go with Google Drive also. The process of Google Drive is slightly tricky.

Remember, all apps require an internet connection during conversion. I hope this article was helpful to you.

How to Create PDF File in Android | Easy

2020-09-26T15:18:00.010+05:30

How to Create PDF File in Android. It's effortless to create a PDF file in mobile. In this article, You will learn the best and the most straightforward way to create PDF files on a smartphone.

There are many different ways to create PDF, but here is the best for you. Today I will show you how to convert images into a PDF file for your personal or casual purposes. You know, “How to Create PDF File in Android”- the thought came to your mind it means that you are Creative and I am always here to help the creatives. We get most of the PDF files from the WhatsApp After reading this full article, you'll learn the process of creating a PDF file, and you will get some extra knowledge on PDF. Before you start creating a PDF, you must know something about PDF.

1. What is PDF File?

The internet is incomplete without PDF. The full form of PDF is Portable Document Format. According to Wikipedia, PDF is a file format developed by Adobe in the 1990s. It was developed to present documents, including text formatting and images. Based on the PostScript language, each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, vector graphics, raster images, and other information needed to display it. PDF was standardized as an open format, ISO 32000, in 2008, and does not require any royalties for its implementation. Learn more about PDF from Wikipedia.

2. Why use PDF Files?

It was developed to create transferable documents that can be shared across multiple computer platforms. A PDF format represents a document independently of the hardware, OS, and application software used to create the original PDF file. But nowadays, we make most of the PDF files to share any important documents or pranks.

3. Which things you need to create a PDF File?

Image to PDF Converter App
Images of your Documents
My Little Help 😜😜😜

How to Create PDF File (Step by step)

At first, take pictures of your documents or get the images that you want to convert into PDF. Let's see an easy way to convert these images to a PDF file to make it easier to share.

We’re going to use a free app available on Google Play Store called Image to PDF Converter, so download the app from the Google Play Store and install it. After installing just open the app and get started with it.

Click on the 'Plus icon' to add images you want to convert.

The folders on your device containing images will be opened at your screen. Tap on the folder containing the images you want to include in your PDF file. And now Select all the images that you want to convert into PDF by checking the box-shaped button on the top. If you're going to leave some images out, simply tap on them to deselect them. Now click the box button as shown below and proceed.

If you want to crop your images, then just click on the image you want to crop and adjust the size according to your requirement. Besides, you can rotate the images easily from here.

If you want to sort your images then just click on the 'three-bar button with the up and down arrows' to sort all the images as you wish. Then reorder the images by dragging them one after one place in the list.

Once you’ve set the order of your image files, tap the 'PDF' button on the toolbar to proceed.

Now just give a name to your PDF as I have done. If you want to compress ( Higher compression level reduces the image quality. So I will recommend to select no compression mode.) the images in the PDF file then select the compression level as your requirement. And then click on the 'OK' button and you are done! All the images are converted into PDF.

How to create a Locked PDF

Now if you want to create a 'Locked PDF', ( A PDF file that can not be opened without password. A locked PDF provides you with stronger security. ) then follow the simple steps.

Just enable 'Password Protection' before clicking 'OK'. Now set your password as I have shown below.

Now hit the 'OK' button. Great! You have successfully created your Password Protected important PDF.

You can see that the PDF is asking for password if I try to open the file.

Now you can easily share the PDF files to anyone. That's it.

App Review

OK, at last, I want to say about something on this app. I have found an excellent app to create PDF files from images, and that is the Image to PDF Converter by DLM Infosoft for your personal purposes. If we talk about the performance, then it's the most user-friendly app than the other apps available on the Google Play Store and the quality of the PDF files created by this app is excellent. I prefer the app mostly because it has the unique option for creating Password Protected PDF files, and the process is very simple. Besides the app is very lightweight (4.3 MB) so it doesn't generate any pressure on your mobile. The app doesn't carry any bugs, so it will work properly on your mobile. In the Google Play Store, 1 Million+ people are using the app, and the rating on this app is 4.3. so you can see that the app is really good and useful. Personally, I use it to create PDFs.

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