One of my friends needs to submit an outlook email as a document to his advocate for some legal issues. He was worried about how he will submit it. He called me and asked for a solution to this issue. Though I was a little busy I gave him the quickest solution for this. If you are in the same problem and searching over the internet, your search comes to an end. Please go through this article, It will be helpful for you too.
What does PDF mean?
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How to convert outlook email to pdf
- Open Microsoft Outlook. Go to Outlook inbox and select the email that you want to convert into PDF.
- Go to the File tab, Select Print, and change your printer to Microsoft Print to PDF.
- Select Print Options for page setup and other related settings.
- Select Memo Style as Print style and Click Page Setup.
- Go to the Paper tab and chose the page Orientation as Portrait/Landscape, Pag size A4, and Margin as per your requirement.
- Click Preview to view your email before converting to PDF.
- Click Print.
- A window will open to save the print output. Show the location where you want to save the PDF file and give a file name as well. Click Save.
- You are done. Go to the location where you have saved your PDF file. Open and check it.
This is the simplest method to convert outlook email to PDF files. But some people can be in a trouble with those who are using below Windows 10 version of windows. No worries, I have a smart suggestion for them also.
Smart suggestion N0. 1
- Go to the File tab, and select Save As.
- Locate where you want to save your file and give a file name.
- Click Save to save your email message as an HTML file.
- Open your HTML file with Microsoft Office. To open the HTML file right-click and select Open With, Select Microsoft Office.
- Go to the File tab, Select Print and select the Printer name Microsoft print to PDF. Click OK.
- Locate where you want to save your PDF file, give a name and click Save.
- Your email has already been converted to a PDF file. To view go to the location you saved it.
Smart suggestion N0. 2
- Open your email message, and press Ctrl+A to select full email text.
- Open Microsoft Office, and press Ctrl+V to paste.
- Go to the File tab, Select Print and select the Printer name Microsoft print to PDF. Click OK.
- Locate where you want to save your PDF file, give a name and click Save.
- Your email has already been converted to a PDF file. To view go to the location you saved it.
Smart suggestion N0. 3
This is the easiest method I have ever seen. It is a little bit funny solution as well. In this method, you need a printer and a scanner.
- Print your email on A4-size paper.
- Scan it and save it in a PDF format.
- You are done. Your email has already been converted into a PDF file format.
PST file to PDF
Sometimes you may need to convert a bulk quantity of emails to PDF files. You cannot do that one by one. In that case, you need a third-party application to convert PST files to PDF. Other than these, you can do the same work with many online PST to PDF converters. Just google it, and you will find a lot over the internet. Third-party applications can convert email messages to PDF files including their attachments. That is great, right?
Benefits of emails in PDF files
A PDF file is accepted everywhere. Even in some offices especially in court, your PDF is accepted. A PDF file is easy to attach as well. You can send as an attachment as a reference. In a single word, PDF is easy to store, easy to share and secure.
Though the content was a little bit long I have described all possible ways to convert outlook email to pdf files. I think this content will be helpful for you. If you have any more questions regarding converting outlook email to pdf files please let me know. The comment box is open for you. I will try my best to reply to your question. Thank You.