Converting a document into a PDF document

It is recommended to save documents as PDF files. This offers the following benefits:

• nothing else can be changed in the document
• the document retains its layout, fonts, ... when printed
• the document is easy to prepare as readable in SprintPlus

There are several ways of converting an existing file into a PDF document:

• save the document as PDF or export the document as PDF. For example: in Microsoft Word you can save as PDF. See Saving a Word document as a PDF document
• use a free PDF printer such as PDF Creator, CutePDF or PDF995
• use a paid program such as: Adobe Acrobat

To convert non-digital documents (only available on paper) to a readable PDF document, you will need the following:

1. a scanner: to scan the document
2. character recognition software (OCR software) to render the document readable.

SprintPlus offers an optional scan and OCR module. See Using the scan and OCR module in SprintPlus (optional).