This short guide explains how to Save As Or Export LibreOffice Writer documents in PDF or EPUB format.
PDF is a widely used standard document format for distributing any documents. EPUB is an electronic book (e-book) format which is widely used. The writer is an awesome and free document software it comes with the in-built ability to export any document as PDF or EPUB with extensive configurable options.
Here’s how you can export a document to PDF or EPUB.
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Steps to Save As PDF
- Open the Writer document which you want to convert to PDF.
- From the file menu, click Export As PDF. You may want to choose export options for PDF. Finally, click export. If you click Export Directly as PDF, then PDF will be saved with default options.
- Provide the path where you want to export and save.
Your Writer document is now saved as a PDF in the target path.
Steps to Save as EPUB
- Open the Writer document which you want to convert to EPUB.
- From the file menu, click Export As EPUB. You may want to choose export options for EPUB. Finally, click export. If you click Export Directly as EPUB, then EPUB will be saved with default options.
- Provide the path where you want to export and save.
Your Writer document is now saved as EPUB in the target path.
For Calc, Impress and others
The above method also works in spreadsheet and presentation programs. All you need to select is the same option in the menu. For the Spreadsheet, you need to select the rows/columns/ranges to export as PDF. And for presentations, you need to select which slides you want to convert to pdf.
Summary
This is how you can convert, export, and save as a PDF of a LibreOffice Writer document. You can also do the same for the spreadsheet program Calc. However, to save an Impress presentation to PDF, you need a different step which we explained here.
Drop a comment if you have any questions.
except that my libreoffice write does not have an option to export as epub, nor to import a pdf.
Writer should have option as screenshot above for “Export as epub”. Which version of LibreOffice you are using?
After upgrading Libreoffice from version 6.1.2 to 6.4.3 text is missing from document in pdf version. There are only images. Text color, formatting, style, font doesn’t matter.
Is this an error in LO? I’ve overlined some text in Writer, and changed the text color (blue). Shows properly on the screen, but when I output to a pdf, while the text and underlining is the proper color, the overline is black. Is there a setting that I’m overlooking to force the overline to the font color?
I have created a fillable pdf using Libreoffice version 7.1 and exported it as a pdf. I am using a Mac. When the form is filled out on a Mac – and the person returns their filled form to me, I can see all fields filled (free text boxes, yes/no and tick boxes) but when someone else fills out the form on a PC using windows only the free text is visible to me – I can not see the yes/no boxes selected or any other check boxes they have filled out. Is there someway to fix this?