How to Convert JPG to PDF

If you need to convert a JPG image to a PDF file, there are many ways to do it. One of the easiest ways is to upload images to a website, of which there are many, and then download the PDF file to your computer.

All methods here are free and do not require you to download or install any software. But you can install the app if you want more control over how images are displayed.

How to convert JPG to PDF?

If you have a laptop or PC running Windows, then you already have everything you need to work. This is because Windows has a built-in “PDF printer”. It’s just like it sounds, it “prints” any document, including JPGs, into a PDF file.

When you click “Print” in an application—it could be Microsoft Word, Photoshop, or any other application that has the ability to print—you’ll see a list of printers. You can bring up this menu by pressing Ctrl + P in most applications, including web browsers.

If you have a physical printer, it must be listed. but you will also see one called Microsoft Print to PDF. You may have multiple PDF printers listed, especially if you have Adobe Reader DC installed.

When you select it instead of a real printer, it will save the PDF file to your hard drive. Here’s how to do it:

1. Open Windows Explorer (shortcut Windows + E).

2. Find the JPG files you want to convert to PDF. You can select multiple files by clicking and dragging a box around them, or by holding down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and clicking each desired file.

To do this, the files must be in the same folder. Selecting multiple JPG files will create a multi-page PDF document.

3. Now right-click on any of the selected files and select “Print”.

This opens the Image Print Wizard built into Windows. Here you need to change the printer to Microsoft Print to PDF. If it is not listed, install Adobe Reader DC as above.

4. You can use the options available in the wizard to put multiple images on each page of the PDF and even change the page size from A4 to another size.

5. Once all options are set, click Print.

You will see that the printing process proceeds just as if the file printed normally, but at the end a pop-up window will appear asking where you want to save your PDF file. You will also need to enter a file name.

Click the “Save” button and your PDF will be created and you can share it with anyone.

How to Convert JPG to PDF Online

There are many websites where you can upload JPG files and convert them into a single PDF file. Or you can create a PDF from a single image.

All websites work on the same principle. Here we are using JPG2PDF. Unlike some of these websites, this one has no file size limits and does not watermark PDF files. Other options include Eezzee and Smallpdf.

1. Click the link above to go to the site and either drag and drop JPG files or click the Upload Files button.

2. When all your files have been uploaded, click on the COMBINED button, which should actually say “Download” because that’s what it does.

You’ll probably want to change the filename after uploading it, since it’s jpg2pdf.pdf by default. It will be in whatever folder you have set in your web browser to download, but it’s usually just “Downloads” which you can find by opening File Explorer and clicking “Downloads” from the menu on the left.

Click once on the file name and press F2, then you can edit its name.

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