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3
4  <info>
5    <link type="guide" xref="index#tips"/>
6    <desc>You can convert a document to SVG by "printing" it to a file.</desc>
7    <revision pkgversion="1.25" version="0.1" date="2021-03-13" status="final"/>
8    <credit type="author">
9      <name>Phil Bull</name>
10      <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
11    </credit>
12    <credit type="editor">
13      <name>Anna Philips</name>
14      <email>anna.cs.au@gmail.com</email>
15    </credit>
16    <license>
17      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
18    </license>
19
20  </info>
21
22<title>Converting a document to SVG</title>
23<p>
24You can convert documents of the following format types to SVG files:
25</p>
26<list>
27 <item><p>Portable Document Format (.pdf)</p></item>
28</list>
29<p>
30This works by opening the file in <app>Atril</app> and "printing" the document as an SVG file.
31</p>
32<steps>
33    <item>
34      <p> Go to
35      <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">File</gui>
36      <gui style="menuitem">Print</gui></guiseq>
37      and
38      select <gui>Print</gui> or press
39      <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>P</key></keyseq>.</p>
40    </item>
41    <item>
42      <p>
43      Select <gui>Print to File</gui> and choose SVG as the
44      <gui>Output format</gui>.
45      </p>
46    </item>
47    <item>
48      <p>
49      Choose a name and folder in which to save the file, then click <gui>Print</gui>.
50      The SVG file will be saved in the folder you chose.
51      </p>
52    </item>
53</steps>
54</page>
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