Simply by pressing the button Export directly to PDF (it has an image of a blank sheet with the letter/Adobe Acrobat logo at the bottom), a window will appear so we can choose the name and location to save the file.
Likewise, we can also carry out this procedure alternatively with the Microsoft Print to PDF function found within their respective Print sections, or using Office applications, such as Word, Excel or PowerPoint, as we will see below.
Also with Microsoft Print to PDF
Microsoft Print to PDF is a feature that Microsoft already introduced in Windows 10 and that it maintains in Windows 11, through which it allows us to save and convert any document into a PDF file. We can find it in the “Devices and printers” section of the Windows Control Panel. This virtual printer It is activated by default, which is a great advantage since we can use it as standard with any program that has the option to print.
In this way, using a program that is capable of reading ODT (documents), ODS (spreadsheets) or ODP (presentations) files and thanks to this utility that we find by default in Windows we will be able to save them in PDF format, just like and as we will see below.
Go from ODS to PDF
Let’s see how we can convert ODS files from LibreOffice Calc to PDF using the Microsoft Print to PDF utility.
LibreOffice Calc
LibreOffice is in charge of creating the ODS files and we can transfer this file to a PDF format, with the Microsoft Print to PDF utility. The procedure, as we will see, is very simple.
The first thing will be to open the .ods file that we want to convert with LibreOffice Calc and then click on File and Print. This will open a new window where we can see the different printing options. Since we do not want to print the document but convert it to PDF, we make sure that in the Printer section we have the Microsoft to PDF option selected.
Finally, we click on the print button and a file explorer window will appear where we can choose the location where we want to save the file and give it a name, we will see how it will have a PDF extension.
MS Excel
We are talking about the most used spreadsheet program worldwide, with which we can also read ODS files from LibreOffice Calc and convert them to PDF format. In order to be able to Excel, it will first be necessary to buy its license through the Office suite or through a subscription to Microsoft 365.
The steps that we must follow to convert an ODS file to PDF using Excel are the following:
The first thing is to open Excel and click on the File and Open button. Next, we locate the ODS file that we want to convert to PDF and open it. Later we click on File and Print and in the selection of printers we select Microsoft Print to PDF.
Before creating the PDF file, we can adjust the Microsoft Print to PDF settings using the Printer Properties link. We click on Print And all that remains is to choose the location where we want to save the file that we can see with our default PDF viewer.
Go from ODT to PDF
In the event that we want to convert the .odt files belonging to Writer, the LibreOffice document application, we will tell you how we can do it from Microsoft Print to PDF.
LibreOffice Writer
It is a word processor that we can find within the LibreOffice suite and with which we create documents in .odt format that we can later convert directly to PDF format from the application itself.
To do this, the first thing we are going to do is open the .odt document with LibreOffice Doc and then click on File and Print. In the new window that appears, we make sure to select Microsoft Print to PDF and click on the button Print.
This will bring up a File Explorer window so we can choose the location where we want it to be saved, the name we want to give the new file that will have a .pdf extension.
Microsoft Word
With the Microsoft word processor we have the possibility of being able to open the .odt files that are created with LibreOffice Writer, so it will also be possible to convert them to PDF format using the utility Microsoft Print to PDF. As with Excel, it will be necessary to purchase the Microsoft 365 or Office suite in order to use it.
This is something that we can do by opening the .ods file that we want to convert in Word, for which we click on File and Open. Next, we click on File again and then on Print.
This opens a new screen that appears to us. We look at the Printer section where we must select the Microsoft Print to PDF option. Once selected, from the Printer Options section we can configure if we want to save the sheet vertically or horizontally.
Finally, we press the Print button so that the window appears from where we can choose the location where to save the file and give it a name that will be accompanied by the extension .pdf.
Go from ODP to PDF
If we need to convert our ODP files belonging to Impress to PDF, we can also do it using the Microsoft Print to PDF function as we will see below.
LibreOffice Impress
We are facing the application to make slideshows belonging to LibreOffice and with which we can save our work in its own ODP format. We can also pass these to PDF format also using Microsoft Print to PDF.
Once we have Impress open and the file we want to convert, click on the File button and then on Print. In the new window, we must make sure to choose Microsoft Print to PDF within the section of Printer.
Now all we have to do is press the button Print to bring up the window where you can save the file in PDF format.
Microsoft PowerPoint
We are talking about the Microsoft tool specially developed to create slideshows and which offers ODP format support of LibreOffice Impress so we can open these types of files. As with Word or Excel, in order to use it it will be necessary to have a Microsoft Office 365 or Office license.
To begin we open PowerPoint and then the .odp file that we need to convert to PDF. To do this, click on File, then on Open and select it. Once open, we click on File again and this time we click on Print. This will open the printing window where we must mark the option of printing in its Printer section. Microsoft Print to PDF. Finally, click on the button Print.
This will open a Windows Explorer window for us to choose the location where to save it, as well as the name that we are going to give it, which will be accompanied by the pdf extension.
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