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Hello,
I have this quick action:
But I can't seem to find an Automator way to add a Convert to PDF. Is there a way? I've been Googling it for a while and nothing seems to help.
Thanks,
MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15
There is no such animal in Automator. Open the file in it's default app. See if the app allows an export to PDF option. If not, then click on the Print button. In the Print dialog near the lower left is a dropdown menu labeled PDF. Select the option to Save as PDF. This will produce a PDF file at the chosen destination in the Save dialog.
There is no such animal in Automator. Open the file in it's default app. See if the app allows an export to PDF option. If not, then click on the Print button. In the Print dialog near the lower left is a dropdown menu labeled PDF. Select the option to Save as PDF. This will produce a PDF file at the chosen destination in the Save dialog.
There is the key phrase… in their own app. You would need the application that knows how to export its unique internal document format into PDF to do this for you using a Run AppleScript, and the specific AppleScript Dictionary terms that tell that application how to export the PDF. You cannot convert these documents to PDF without the controlling application involvement.
LibreOffice has a command-line soffice tool that can convert from one supported document format to another (e.g. Word or Excel to PDF. This could be used in an Automator Quick Action comprised of a Run Shell Script action.
Thanks, but that I know. I was just trying to make it on Quick Actions. For some reason I can do that with pictures:
If you do a lot of converting to PDFs you can use a keyboard macro app like Keyboard Maestro to create a single or double keystroke to do a Print ➙ Print to PDF macro.
Convert what file to PDF? Makes a difference how it is accomplished.
I was trying with an Excel file, but any Word, Pages, ... kind of file that you can usually export to PDF in their own app.
Convert file to pdf with quick actions
