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How can I save my Grapher graph to a PDF file?
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There are three ways to create a PDF file from your Grapher graph.

Method 1: Export Vector PDF
Click the File | Export command.  Set the Save as type to PDF (Vector) and click Save. Set any PDF properties and click OK. This creates a relatively small PDF file.  The vector PDF can be edited with Adobe's Acrobat program.

Method 2: Export Raster PDF
Click the File | Export command. Set the Save as type to PDF (Raster) and click Save. Set any image export properties and click OK.  The PDF contains a single image that represents the graph.  No further editing of the objects in the PDF file is possible because the graph is stored as a bitmap within the PDF.  This option tends to generate a fairly large file.

Method 3: Print to a PDF Printer Driver
A number of software programs, such as Adobe Acrobat, install a printer driver that will create a PDF file.  If you have a program like this, you can create a PDF from Grapher by printing to this PDF print driver.  PDFs created in this manner generally contain vector objects rather than bitmaps, so the file size is typically smaller than a PDF exported directly from Grapher.

If you don't already have Adobe Acrobat or another program that creates PDFs, you can download and install a free PDF creator program, such as PDFCreator, CutePDF, or BullZIP PDF.
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