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How to Convert TIF to PDF File

TIF or TIFF is one of the oldest yet best quality format for the image files which contains each and every little detail of the image. Back in 1986, different companies used to save images in this format as this does not compromise on the quality of the image. However, the size of the TIF image is larger as compared to the JPEG or PNG format. Normally, scanned documents are stored in the TIF format on the old scanners to give the best quality of the scanned documents. Now, converting these TIF to PDF files have always been a problem for the Windows users as Mac OS X can save the built-in preview to save the TIF images as the PDF files.

Part 1Best TIF to PDF Converter

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There are plenty of converters available on the internet and most of them will work only with the PNG or JPEG images. However, Wondershare PDFelement (Wondershare PDFelement for Mac), being your all-in-one solution for the PDF files will let you convert the TIF images to the PDF file. It is not an ordinary convert, it will also let you combined different images in one PDF file and you can also change the orientation, size in the Wondershare PDFelement.

Wondershare PDFelement is the ultimate program to read, create, edit, move and convert the PDF files on Windows and Mac OS X. This amazing program comes with a detailed guide and most of the functions are pretty much easy to perform. If your documents are scanned using a scanner or in an image which is taken from a camera, you can get benefited from the OCR feature of the Wondershare PDFelement. For all who does not have any idea about the OCR, it will recognize the text present in the image and users can also edit this text.

Part 2How to Convert TIF to PDF File

Step 1. Convert TIF Document

For Windows: Go to the Desktop on your Windows computer and double click on the Wondershare PDFelement. Once the program is launched, click on the "Create PDF" button and select the TIF image that you want to convert to PDF file. If you try to add more than one document in the software, it will save the PDF in individual file. So, this can be eradicated using the second step.

For Mac: Click on the Launchpad on your Mac OS X and click on Wondershare PDFelement. Once the program is launched on your Mac OS X, click on the "Create PDF" and select the TIF images that you want to convert to the PDF file. There is no option to add multiple pages in the same PDF file, however, after converting, you can combine multiple PDFs to one.

Step 2. Use Customization Tools (Edit)

For Window: To edit the TIF files, just go to the "Edit" Tab to edit the converted PDF document with its huge range of editing options. You could annotate, markup, crop, insert, delete, redact, password protect and make use of many other unique features.

For Mac: After opening the TIF image file, you can edit it by clicking on the "Edit" button on the main screen of the program. You can rotate, crop, resize the image or can perform OCR on the image to convert it to editable text.

Step 3. Save PDF

For Window: After editing the PDF file, click on the "File" button in the top left corner and select "Save" and save the PDF file.

For Mac: Now, you will have to save the PDF file. Enter "Command + S" to save the PDF file on your Mac OS X. Also, you can press "Save As" in the "File" tab.

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Published: Jul 25,2016 10:04 am / Updated: Aug 11,2016 15:56 pm

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