How to convert a wide txt to pdf and keep the origin format on window 10¶

Normally, we can save a txt file to pdf with notepad's print function. But if the text has a big width, then the converted pdf can be a mess.

Why does this happen? Becase, the printed pdf has a default width of A4 paper which is possibly smaller than the original text, so the pdf has to wrap wide lines.

We need to make the printed paper as wide as possible.

Update page configuration¶

Open the txt file with windows notepad, and click Page Setup in File menu:

Then, change Size to A3 and change Orientation to Landscape:

Then, press the OK button on the bottom.

Save to pdf¶

Press Ctrl + p to open the printing dialog. (Or you can click Print in File menu.)

Choose Microsoft Print to PDF, click Print, and give the pdf a file name:

Open the saved pdf, and you can see that the page width is very big :