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3 Ways to Convert P7M to PDF Reliably [With Additional Tip]

By Charlotte | Follow twitter | Updated on December 11, 2024
Introduction:
A P7M file, also named smime.p7m, is an encrypted email attachment file. Simply, it is an email message secured with a digital signature, authorization, or other methods. The P7M format requires specific software to open, causing inconvenience to people. You can open P7M files as PDFs so anybody can view them across platforms without a hassle. Check out the three good ways to convert P7M to PDF from this SwifDoo PDF post.
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Convert P7M to PDF with Outlook & SwifDoo PDF

Since the P7M format is designed for emails, opening this type of file in the Outlook email client is a piece of cake. This fact avoids the difficulty of finding a converter to convert your file from P7M to the PDF format. You need to use Outlook together with the all-around PDF converter—SwifDoo PDF. The PDF software converts to PDFs from a wide range of files, including Word, Excel, TXT, PowerPoint, CAD, JPG, XPS, and more. It supports batch processing and scanned document translation.

Steps to convert P7M to PDF are shown below. (If you don’t have Outlook, skip to the next parts.)

Step 1: Installed the S/MIME certificate for your Mac and launch Outlook; 

Step 2: Locate the specific email and open the SMIME attachments displayed as a .p7m file;

Step 3: Copy or take screenshots of the file content to save as a text file or images on your computer;

Step 4: Open SwifDoo PDF, choose any file to PDF conversion option or Batch Process;

Step 5: Import your saved file made from P7M, and if it’s a TXT file, choose TXT to PDF > Start. If it's a photo of screenshot, choose Image to PDF. If the messages are saved as other office files, choose Office to PDF.

Convert P7M to PDF with Outlook & SwifDoo PDF

You can also complete the P7M to PDF conversion with the online SwifDoo PDF converter. For example, if you saved the copied P7M content in a Word file, Go to the online Word to PDF converter page on the SwifDoo PDF site, upload the file to convert, and download the generated PDF.

Convert .p7m to .pdf with p7mViewer

p7mViewer is obviously a P7M file viewer that enables you to open a P7M file to browse what’s included. The better thing is that it can help print documents from its menu. You can still combine this program with SwifDoo PDF as a P7M converter.  

Discover how to convert your file in P7M format to PDF with the app for iPhone and iPad.

Step 1: Open your digitally signed P7M file in p7mViewer from Files, cloud apps, Safari, or Mail;

Step 2: Click File on the top left corner to choose the Print option;

Convert .p7m to .pdf with p7mViewer

Step 3: Print or export the file as a PDF.

Alternatively, copy what you see in the opened P7M file to your Notepad and convert the text to PDF using a TXT to PDF converter.

Convert a P7M File to a PDF Using Kleopatra

If you are struggling to find a P7M to PDF converter, Kleopatra, available for download on Windows, comes to rescue you. Like the former tools, it can open SMIME.p7m files and pgp-encrypted-message.asc attachments. The software makes file signing/encryption and checking/decryption no longer that hard.

Master how to convert your P7M file to PDF with the given instructions.

Step 1: Click File > Decrypt/Verify, and select the P7M file you wish to convert;

Step 2: Type the paraphrase in the pop-up window and hit Open;

Step 3: Select File and find if there is a Print option to print the file to a PDF;

Convert a P7M File to a PDF Using Kleopatra

Step 4: Or copy the opened P7M message to a blank editable file to save as a PDF.

Tip: How to Edit PDFs Converted from P7M

How to Edit PDFs Converted from P7M

When you have converted a P7M file to a PDF document, there might be small layouts or formatting errors. If you want to polish the PDF further and make some drawings or comments on it. SwifDoo PDF comes to solve all your possible PDF handling needs with its full set of PDF annotating and editing tools.

The software is compact and user-friendly and see what you can do with it:

  • Format and change the existing text in the PDF when you have created a PDF from a P7M mail;
  • Crop, resize, or rearrange the PDF pages;
  • Add images, links, notes, text, and more elements to the PDF;
  • Use SwifDoo AI tools to translate and summarize the file content in a flash smartly;
  • Merge, compress, or split multiple PDF files you’ve made from P7M,
  • Batch convert Word, plain text, or image files with your copied or captured P7M messages into quality PDFs;
  • Convert PDFs to various other files such as DOCX, PPTX, TXT, JPG, EPUB, etc.

Conclusion

Opening the PDF of your P7M file is much simpler for anyone. You can open the P7M file in p7mViewer, Kleopatra, and other viewer software and export to convert the file to PDF format with the print or save as function. Of course, if you can decrypt and read the mail message within your mailbox, copy it into a text file, and convert it to PDF with SwifDoo PDF. The use of PDF gets your life and business a step further forward.

Charlotte has been in the software industry for 8+ years. She works for AWZWARE now as a passionate writer. She is good at providing simple guides to use various video, office and entertainment software. Charlotte also recommends many other useful tools to make your work and life easier. A food lover too.

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