# Create a PDF

> Create PDF files from a Windows Forms TextControl: title and author in SaveSettings, a Save As dialog, PDF/A, user and master passwords and ServerTextControl.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Getting Started > PDF Processing > Create a PDF
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/create/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/create/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/create/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [Prerequisites](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/create/#prerequisites)
- [Save the Document as PDF](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/create/#save-the-document-as-pdf)
- [Let the User Choose the File](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/create/#let-the-user-choose-the-file)
- [Create a PDF/A Document](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/create/#create-a-pdf-a-document)
- [Protect the PDF With Passwords](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/create/#protect-the-pdf-with-passwords)
- [Create a PDF Without the Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/create/#create-a-pdf-without-the-editor)
- [Next Steps](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/create/#next-steps)

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- **Next:** [Create a PDF Form](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/pdf/form/llms.txt)