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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="convertSVG" xml:lang="en_GB">
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<link type="guide" xref="index#tips"/>
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<desc>You can convert a document to SVG by "printing" it to a file.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="2.30.3" version="0.1" date="2010-07-26" status="review"/>
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<name>Phil Bull</name>
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<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
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<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
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<title>Converting A Document To SVG</title>
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You can convert documents of the following format types to SVG files:
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<item><p>Portable Document Format (.pdf)</p></item>
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This works by opening the file in Document Viewer and "printing" the document as an SVG file.
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Click <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Print</gui></guiseq> and go to the
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<gui>General</gui> tab.
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Select <gui>Print to File</gui> and choose SVG as the
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<gui>Output format</gui>.
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Choose a name and folder to save the file in, then click <gui>Print</gui>.
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The SVG file will be saved in the folder you chose.