Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. PDF files are everywhere, from emails to scientific papers.

Step-by-step instructions for creating PDFs from any file type, including methods for merging, compressing and password-protecting PDF documents securely.

It's a common need to want to save and export a Microsoft Word document as a different file type. Fortunately, you can use Microsoft Word to export documents in a variety of file types, including PDF.

If you want to convert an MSG file to PDF format on your Windows 11/10 PC, follow this guide. MSG is a Microsoft Outlook Item file format that is used to store email messages, contacts, appointments, ...

Here is a full guide to convert a PDF file to a multipage TIFF image on your Windows 11/10 PC. A multipage TIFF image file stores individual images as pages of a document in a single image. Now, if ...

PDF files are highly portable and presentable, which makes converting an RPT file to PDF advantageous. Crystal Reports is a useful application that creates a special type of RPT file that only Crystal ...

Google Slides is very convenient, but sometimes a PDF is more useful. Luckily, you can save a Google Slides deck as a PDF from both your computer or when you use the smartphone app. The format is more ...

The Microsoft Visio program is meant to streamline the creation of technical diagrams, whether you are diagramming floor plans, flowcharts, technical engineering designs or 3D maps. In addition to ...

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