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To convert a PDF to different file formats, select Convert from the global bar. Each file format includes unique conversion settings. Alternatively, you can use the Export a PDF tool from the All tools menu.
You can resave PDFs as optimized PDFs using settings in the PDF Optimizer dialog box. The PDF Optimizer lets you change the compatibility version of your PDFs so they can be viewed using older versions of Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. When you change the compatibility setting, newer features may be unavailable in the PDF. For an explanation of each compatibility setting, view PDF compatibility levels.
If you want to use the same settings every time you convert PDFs to a particular format, specify those settings in the Preferences dialog box. In the Convert From PDF panel, select a file format from the list and select Edit Settings. You can select the Defaults at the top of the Save as Settings dialog box to revert to the default settings.
In Acrobat, select All tools > Export a PDF and select Image format. From the drop-down menu next to Image format, select the format you want your image to be. You get JPEG and JPEG 2000 options. Select the settings icon to change the export preferences.
RGB/CMYK/Grayscale
Specifies the type of color management to be applied to the output file and whether to embed an ICC profile.
If you use the Export To or Export All Images command on a PDF that contains JPEG and JPEG 2000 images, and export the content to JPEG or JPEG 2000 format, the resulting image may look different when opened in Acrobat. This can happen if the images have a color profile included at the page level but not inside the image data. In this case, Acrobat cannot bring the page-level color profile into the resulting saved image.
Colorspace/Resolution
Specifies a color space and resolution for the output file. You can let Acrobat determine these settings automatically. To convert color images in the file to shades of gray, choose Grayscale.
Higher resolutions, such as 2400 pixels per inch (ppi), are suitable only for small page sizes (up to 6.826 inches or 173.380 millimeters).
In Acrobat, select All tools > Export a PDF and select Image format. From the drop-down menu next to Image format, select PNG. Select the settings icon to change the export preferences.
PNG format is useful for images that are used on the web.
Interlace
Specifies if the image is interlaced. None creates an image that displays in a web browser only after downloading is complete. Adam7 creates an image that displays low-resolution versions in a browser while the full image file is downloading. Adam7 can make downloading time seem shorter and assures viewers that downloading is in progress; however, it increases file size.
Filter: Lets you select a filtering algorithm.
RGB/Grayscale
Specifies the type of color management for the output file and whether to embed an ICC profile.
Colorspace/Resolution
Specifies a color space and resolution for the output file. You can let Acrobat determine these settings automatically. To convert color images in the file to shades of gray, choose Grayscale.
Higher resolutions, such as 2400 ppi, are suitable only for small page sizes (up to 6.826 inches or 173.380 millimeters).
In Acrobat, select All tools > Export a PDF and select Image format. From the drop-down menu next to Image format, select TIFF. Select the settings icon to change the export preferences.
TIFF is a flexible bitmap image format supported by virtually all paint, image-editing, and page-layout applications. Resolution is determined automatically.
Monochrome
Specifies a compression format. CCITTG4 is the default and generally produces the smallest file size. ZIP compression also produces a small file.
Some applications cannot open TIFF files that are saved with JPEG or ZIP compression. In these cases, LZW compression is recommended.
RGB/CMYK/Grayscale/Other
Specifies the type of color management for the output file.
Colorspace/Resolution
Specifies a color space and resolution for the output file. You can let Acrobat determine these settings automatically. To convert color images in the file to shades of gray, choose Grayscale.
Higher resolutions, such as 2400 ppi, are suitable only for small page sizes (up to 6.826 inches or 173.380 millimeters).
In Acrobat, select All tools > Export a PDF and select Microsoft Word. From the drop-down menu next to Microsoft Word, select the format you want your document to be in. You get DOC and DOCX options. Select the settings icon to change the export preferences.
Layout Settings
Comments Settings
Image Settings
Text Recognition Settings
Open the PDF in Acrobat.
From the global bar, select Convert.
Under EXPORT PDF TO, select the drop-down menu next to Other format. Then select RTF.
Select Convert to RTF.
In the Save as dialog, select a location where you want to save the file and then select Save.
In Acrobat, select All tools > Export a PDF and select Other format. From the drop-down menu next to Other format, select RTF. Select the settings icon to change the export preferences.
Layout Settings
Comments Settings
Image Settings
Text Recognition Settings
Open the PDF in Acrobat.
From the global bar, select Convert.
Select the drop-down menu next to Other format, Select HTML.
Select Convert to HTML.
In the Save as dialog, select a location where you want to save the file and then select Save.
In Acrobat, select All tools > Export a PDF and select Other format. From the drop-down menu next to Other format, select HTML. Select the settings icon to change the export preferences.
Single HTML Page
Specifies that a single HTML file is created when you export to HTML. To add a navigation pane, enable the following:
Add Headings-based Navigation Frame
Add Bookmarks-based Navigation Frame
Multiple HTML Pages
Specifies that multiple HTML files are created when you export to HTML. Choose one of the criteria to split the document into multiple HTML files.
Split by Document Headings
Split by Document Bookmarks
Include Images
Specifies if images are exported when you export a PDF as HTML.
Detect and Remove Headers and Footers
Specifies if header and footer content in the PDF should be deleted and removed from the HTML files.
Recognize Text If Needed
Recognizes text if the PDF contains images that contain text.
Set Language
Specifies the language setting for OCR.
Open the PDF in Acrobat.
From the global bar, select Convert.
Select the drop-down menu next to Microsoft Excel, then select XLSX.
Select Convert to XLSX.
In the Save as dialog, select a location where you want to save the file and then select Save.
Open the PDF in Acrobat.
From the global bar, select Convert.
Select the drop-down menu next to Microsoft Excel, then select XML.
Select Convert to XML.
In the Save as dialog, select a location where you want to save the file and then select Save.
In Acrobat, select All tools > Export a PDF and select Microsoft Excel. From the drop down menu next to Microsoft Excel, select the format you want your Excel to be. You get XLSX and XML options. Select the settings icon to change the export preferences.
Excel Workbook Settings
Specifies whether to create a Worksheet for each table or page, or the entire document.
Numeric Settings
Specifies the decimal and thousands separators for numeric data. Select one of the following:
Detect decimal and thousands separators using regional settings
Treat the following as decimal and thousands separators. Then enter or selecct separators in the respective fields.
Recognize Text If Needed
Recognizes text if the PDF contains images that contain text.
Set Language
Specifies the language setting for OCR.
You can export a PDF to PostScript for printing and prepress applications. The PostScript file includes full DSC (Document Structuring Conventions) comments and other advanced information preserved by Adobe Acrobat Distiller. You can also create an EPS file from any PDF for placement or opening in other applications. The options available depend on whether you're converting a document to PostScript or EPS. To convert PDF to PS or EPS format:
Open the PDF in Acrobat.
From the global bar, select Convert.
Select the drop-down menu next to Other format, as required, select EPS or PS.
Select Convert to EPS or Convert to PS. The options will be displayed based on your choice in the previous step.
In the Save as dialog, select a location where you want to save the file and then select Save.
If you create EPS files for separations in Acrobat Pro, all image color spaces should be CMYK.
In Acrobat, select All tools > Export a PDF and select Other format. From the drop-down menu next to Other format, select PS or EPS. Select the settings icon to change the export preferences.
Printer Description File
The PostScript Printer Description (PPD) provides the necessary information to format a PostScript file correctly for a particular output device. Device Independent creates only composite (not color-separated) PostScript or EPS files. Acrobat Default provides a starting point and reference for creating all types of PostScript and restores all default settings for the conversion. Adobe PDF 7.0 is compatible with most devices. This option is available only in PostScript (PS) format.
ASCII or Binary
Specifies the output format of image data. Binary output yields smaller files, but not all workflows can accommodate binary output.
PostScript
Specifies the level of PostScript compatibility. Use Language Level 3 only if the target output device supports it. Language Level 2 is suitable for EPS files placed in another document and color-separated as part of that document. Use Language Level 2 for EPS files that you import into Microsoft applications.
Font Inclusion
Specifies the fonts to be included in the PostScript. Embedded fonts are taken from the PDF; the referenced fonts are taken from the computer.
Include Comments
Preserves the appearance of comments in the resulting PostScript file.
Convert True Type to Type 1
Converts TrueType fonts to Type 1 fonts in the resulting PostScript file.
Include Preview
Specifies if a TIFF preview is created for the resulting EPS file. This option isn't available when saving as PostScript.
Page Range
Specifies the pages you want to export. When you export files to EPS output, each page in the range is saved as a separate EPS file.
To export a file in XML format, go to All Tools > Export a PDF. Select other format, then the drop-down next to other format, and then select XML 1.0.
To export a file in text format, go to All Tools > Export a PDF. Select other format, then the drop-down next to other format, and then select TXT.
In Acrobat, select All tools > Export a PDF and select Other format. From the drop-down menu next to Other format, select TXT or XML 1.0. Select the settings icon to change the export preferences.
Encoding
Refers to the binary values, based on international standards, used to represent the text characters. UTF-8 is a Unicode representation of characters using one or more 8-bit bytes per character. UTF-16 represents characters using 16-bit bytes. ISO-Latin-1 is an 8-bit representation of characters that is a superset of ASCII. UCS-4 is a Universal Character Set coded in four octets. HTML/ASCII is a 7-bit representation of characters developed by ANSI.
Use mapping table default uses the default character encoding defined in mapping tables, which appear in the Plug-ins/SaveAsXML/MappingTables folder. These mapping tables specify many characteristics of how the data is output, including the following default character encodings: UTF-8 (Save as XML or HTML 4.0.1) and HTML/ASCII (Save as HTML 3.2).
Generate Bookmarks
Generates bookmark links to content for HTML or XML documents. Links are placed at the beginning of the resulting HTML or XML document.
Generate Tags For Untagged Files
Generates tags for files not already tagged, such as PDFs created using Acrobat 4.0 or earlier. If this option isn't selected, untagged files are not converted.
Tags are applied only as part of the conversion process and are discarded after the conversion. This is not a method for creating tagged PDFs from legacy files
Generate Images
Controls how images are converted. Converted image files are referenced from within XML and HTML documents.
Use Sub-Folder
Specifies the folder in which to store generated images. The default is Images.
Use Prefix
Specifies the prefix added to the image filenames if you have several versions of the same image file. Filenames assigned to images have the format filename_img_#.
Output Format
Specifies the final format of images. The default is JPG.
Downsample To
Downsamples image files to the specified resolution. If you don't select this option, image files have the same resolution as the source file. Image files are never upsampled.