Printing to a PDF File

The .pdf, or Portable Document Format, creates viewable and printable documents and is one of the most universally compatible and efficient of file formats.

Creating a .pdf document requires that a .pdf printer driver be installed on your computer. This is not a physical print device, but a software program that is recognized as a printer by all other programs and creates a .pdf file that can be read and printed using Adobe® Reader®.

When you print to a .pdf print driver, you will be asked for a file name and destination automatically.

To print to .pdf

Select your .pdf printer driver as you would select any other printer in the Page Setup dialog. See "Page Setup Dialog".

Select File> Print> Print

to open the Print dialog. Your .pdf printer driver is listed as the selected printer.

Select the needed options in the Print dialog, then click OK.

In the Save As dialog, select a File name and Save in location for your .pdf file. For more about the Save As dialog, see "Saving a Plan or Layout File".

The PDF995 .pdf driver is available on the Chief Architect installation disks.