Saving a PDF?

[Tim M]

Is it possible (by downloading something) to save a MS word document as a PDF?

[Poly]

Originally Posted by Tim M

Is it possible (by downloading something) to save a MS word document as a PDF?

there are various ways to do this - but the simplest would be to use a pdf printer driver like CutePdf (google it) and then you print the document, pick Cute Pdf as the printer and enter a filename when prompted. job done. Others like pdf 995 will give you options for a tool bar button but unless you pay will bombard you with sponsors adverts.

[John Kennett]

CutePDF is good. Even better is to ditch Word and use OpenOffice Writer instead. It's free and comes with an option of "Export directly to PDF".

John

[Andy Moore]

Originally Posted by John Kennett

Even better is to ditch Word and use OpenOffice Writer

Even better, ditch your PC completely and get a Mac. PDF support is built in to OS X.

[John Kennett]

Originally Posted by Andy Moore

Even better, ditch your PC completely and get a Mac.

I've just won a £5 bet with myself. You are so predictable!

John

[Andy Moore]

Originally Posted by John Kennett

I've just won a £5 bet with myself. You are so predictable!

[chris123]

Microsoft offer an add-in for Office 2007 that lets you save documents as PDFs:

http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...CD101950461033

Cheers

Chris

[Andy Moore]

Originally Posted by chris123

Microsoft offer an add-in for Office 2007 that lets you save documents as PDFs:

http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...CD101950461033

Cheers

Chris

Microsoft bloatware with added bloat.

[chris123]

Originally Posted by Andy Moore

Microsoft bloatware with added bloat.

Might be slightly cheaper than buying a Mac though

[Tim M]

Thanks all. CutePDF works really well

[Bigfoot]

Originally Posted by Andy Moore

Even better, ditch your PC completely and get a Mac. PDF support is built in to OS X.

Again , don't know if this is Mac only but with pages you can click export and save it as a PDF....

[barracuda]

i thnk the "lightest" and easiest way to go is open office. try googlin "portable apps" and get the downloads for open office. way easy.... and you can have it on a memory stick or even copy paste to any pc. no installation needed

[Bigfoot]

When I had open office, it didn't seem to work with MS office properly, always skewed when it came onto word, and funny fonts and spacing etc. I managed to get Works 08 free from Uni from being part of the Uni paper, and It's 10 times better than MS office!