Create PDF from text file.

The CreatePDF app description states "Convert all your Office, Photoshop, ..., Text, and RTF files to PDF using 'Open In' to send the files to the CreatePDF application" (bolding mine). But I see no way in the iPhone Notes app to do an 'Open In'. Really?!? I can't even create a PDF from the standard Notes app?!?

Hello tomscheifler,
notes in the notes-app are NOTES not FILES.
Conclusion: You cannot convert them.
You have take a detour via e.g. "docs to go" and save the note as word doc.
Then adobe does the job you expect....
Regards

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