HOW TO GENERATE A PDF FILE FROM A JPEG FILE
(E.g. a passport photo)

I) Use a Microsoft program such as Microsoft Word.

  1. Insert the photo into a single Office page so that the photo fills the page. Save the page as a pdf.

II) Use an Open Office program such as OpenOffice.org Writer

  1. Insert the photo into a single Office page so that the photo fills the page. Export the page as a pdf.

III) Use a free Web service for converting the image file to pdf.

There are many web services for free conversion available on the web. A few of them are:

  1. http://www.convert-jpg-to-pdf.net/  . Please follow the instructions in the video on the web page. You only have to upload only one picture and not many as described. The conversion is quick.
  2. http://www.freepdfconvert.com/ .  The conversion takes place very quickly and is very easy.
  3. http://online2pdf.com/convert-jpg2pdf . The conversion takes place very quickly and is very easy.

IV) Use free Software for converting the image file to pdf.

There are many freeware programs available for download on the web for such conversions. A few of them are:

  1. http://jpgtopdfconverter.googlecode.com/files/jpegtopdf%20v1.0.zip  . A simple no frills converter for JPEG Pictures. Just unzip the download and the program is available without any installation. The conversion is very fast.
  2. http://www.pdflite.com/
  3. http://download.pdfforge.org/download/pdfcreator/PDFCreator-stable