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Save the PDF

PDFy doesn't generate the file itself. Your browser does. The trick is one dropdown.

Click Print

Hit the Print button in the editor's header. Or press Ctrl + P ( Cmd + P on macOS) to use the browser shortcut directly. Either way, the browser's print dialog opens.

Pick Save as PDF

The print dialog defaults to whatever printer you used last. To get a PDF, change the Destination dropdown at the top to Save as PDF (or Microsoft Print to PDF on Windows).

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Destination

Save as PDF ▾

Pages

All ▾

Pages per sheet

1 ▾

Margins

Default ▾

Options Background graphics

Print using system dialog

Cancel Save

Click Save and pick a location. You're done. The file is a normal PDF: text-based, fully searchable, copy-pasteable. Tiny compared to image-based exports.

Page size

PDFy lays out the preview at A4 by default. Switch to US Letter in Settings if that's what you need; the layout adjusts and the print dialog inherits the same size.

No printer needed

Save as PDF works on every modern OS without a printer installed. Chrome and Edge bundle a virtual PDF printer; macOS has had one since forever. If your dialog only shows a real printer, scroll the destination list, the PDF option is usually grouped under Save or Local destinations.