Download a PDF
Download PDF, in the toolbar, makes the PDF the pages on the canvas show, headers, footers and decorations included.
The Download menu
- Download PDF, or Ctrl E (⌘ E on a Mac).
- Download HTML, with an account: the document as an HTML file with its styles.
- Keep the PDF editable, off by default: the document travels inside the PDF, and imported here again the PDF comes back as the same document, without AI. The file gets larger.
What the PDF is
Every PDF is tagged for screen readers and declares PDF/UA-1: headings, lists, tables, pictures with their alternative text, links and form fields are in its structure, in reading order. What the document itself still lacks, such as a picture without a description, the Accessibility check lists. Turn Tagged PDF off in Page settings if you do not want the tags. On Pro and Max, Page settings also offers Export as PDF/A-3a, for archiving, and Claim PDF/UA-2. See Accessible and archival PDF.
The mark
Without an account, every page you download carries a small ReflowPDF mark in its corner. On Free, the first 50 pages of each month are downloaded without it; Pro and Max never add it. The mark does not change the tags: a marked page is as accessible as one without it.
Where the document is kept
With an account, the document is saved in your Library as you work, and the PDF is a copy of it. Without an account, the document stays in this browser, so download the PDF, with Keep the PDF editable on, to take it elsewhere.