# Need an app to convert text stream to PDF file on iphone **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 24, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-app-to-convert-text-stream-to-pdf-file-on-iphone/837570 "2019-07-24T20:59:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-app-to-convert-text-stream-to-pdf-file-on-iphone/837570/1 "2019-07-24T20:59:33Z")
My wife is a real estate broker and wants to be able to convert an entire string of texts between herself and a client and/or another broker to a PDF file which she can then save and print out to go into a transaction file. The catch is that she wants to be able to do all of this on her iPhone 7 without needing her computer. I don’t know why. One of her co-workers has such an app on her android phone, so such a thing should be possible on an iPhone. Unfortunately I don’t know the name of that app. My wife said they looked for it in the iPhone app store and couldn’t find it. In my research I have found any number of apps which would allow her to accomplish what she wants by copying/backing up her text streams to her computer and converting to a PDF file there, but she doesn’t want to do it that way. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-app-to-convert-text-stream-to-pdf-file-on-iphone/837570/2 "2019-07-24T21:12:08Z")
> **[‎Messages & SMS Export to PDF](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/messages-sms-export-to-pdf/id1241178802)** > > ‎INTRODUCING VIDEO MESSAGE RECORDING (iOS 12+) > Record your favorite messages from any application and save them as video! This is the perfect way to backup your conversations. You can trim your video recording to remove unwanted parts, and you can... ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-app-to-convert-text-stream-to-pdf-file-on-iphone/837570/3 "2019-07-25T18:11:04Z")
Thank you **Omar**. I’ll look into it. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-app-to-convert-text-stream-to-pdf-file-on-iphone/837570/4 "2019-07-25T22:26:49Z")
Convert to PDF is built into iOS for any app that has a print option. [ol] [li]Choose the ‘Print’ option (usually via the Share Icon - box with an arrow).[/li][li]In the Preview pane at the bottom, use the ‘unpinch’ gesture to expand the preview to full screen (this creates a PDF).[/li][li]Tap on the Share Icon to pick a destination for the PDF.[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-app-to-convert-text-stream-to-pdf-file-on-iphone/837570/5 "2019-07-26T15:09:02Z")
The SMS messages on iPhones doesn’t have a print option or Share icon. Normally you take a screen shot of the text messages, have to scroll up or down and continue to take screen shots to capture the full conversation. The app I referred to above, takes those screen shots and then stitches them together, into one document that is converted to a pdf.