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<desc>Converting emails into PDF files.</desc>
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<credit type="author">
<name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
<email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
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<title>Save messages as PDF</title>
<p>In order to save emails in the PDF file format, select <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Print</gui></guiseq> and then choose <gui>Print to File</gui>. See <link xref="help:gnome-help/printing" href="https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/printing">the desktop help</link> for general information on printing.</p>
<note style="advanced">
<p>You can also export messages as PDF by dragging and dropping them to the file manager, instead of dropping them in mbox (text) format by default.</p>
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<item><p>Open the <app>Terminal</app> application.</p></item>
<item><p>Run the command <cmd>gsettings set org.gnome.evolution.mail drag-and-drop-save-file-format 'pdf'</cmd></p></item>
</list>
<p>You can also use the <app>dconf-editor</app> application to do this.</p>
</note>
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