How do I save Word as an Adobe Document?

[Darrin]

I was informed from a partner I deal with through my business, that one is
able to save a Word Document (I have Office 2000 Premium) as an Adobe
Acrobate format. Is this something factua, or am I just dreaming that this
can be done??
Thanks in advance for any response I can get!
Please email me directly at jazzy...@comcast.net if you could. I would
greatly appreciate that!

[CyberTaz]

Hello-

In Word XP & 2003 generating a Word doc as a .pdf is a function of the Print
dialog. Open the Printer Name list at the top and choose Adobe PDF or Acrobat
Distiller (depending on version). I can't remember 2000 for sure, but I
believe it may be the same.

If those choices are not there, it may be able to be set up as a printer. If
so, there will most likely be additional posts that can provide specifics.

Good Luck |:>)

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

One should add that the ability to create a pdf from Word requires that you
have Adobe Acrobat installed -- not the free Acrobat reader, but the $$$
version of Adobe Acrobat. If you don't have Acrobat installed, Acrobat PDF
will not be a printer option.

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[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Not quite accurate. there are several other low cost/free alternatives to
creating .PDF files. Editing them is another story tho.

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

I'm familiar with some of the web-based conversion options (none of which I
found anywhere close to satisfactory), but wasn't aware of anything other
than Acrobat that is actually intergrated into Word and causes "Adobe PDF"
to show up as a "printer" when you choose Print.

In any case, I was just trying to make the point that pdf conversion is NOT
something that Word does off-the-shelf. It requires some kind of add-in to
make it happen. If there are free add-ins that do it, then I wasted $x00.00
on Adobe Professional. :-(

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[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Actually you can download PrimoPDF from www.primopdf.com. It's a free
program and I've recommended it several times. It shows up like a printer
and does the trick quite nicely.

I just upgraded to Acrobat Pro v7 from v5. I want the other goodies that
Acrobat offers me that I can't get in a free program. Since I had the money
in the budget in the organization I belong to, I thought I'd better take
advantage of it before the start working next year's finances. There's no
guarantee that I'll have software in that budget.

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

I'll have to try it sometime and see how it measures up. Since I actually
need to edit already-created PDF files, I needed the full pro version as
well. So, not really wasted $$$. But, since it comes out of my actual bank
account, every little bit hurts. ;-)

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[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

I know the feeling. If I'd known about Primo, I'd have been happy with that.
Editing the .pdfs is nice tho - and I especially like the capability of
having several people with just the Reader send me comments for changes.
:-)

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