Need to distribute a document? Whether you are emailing it, adding it to a course site, or putting it on a web page, you should be using the Adobe Acrobat PDF (portable document format) file type. Adobe gives their version of the viewer program for free, but charges for the full, professional version of Adobe Acrobat which allows the conversion of a document to the PDF format. This professional version has a lot of powerful features, but if all you want to do is convert Word, Excel and other documents to the PDF format, the purchase cost is a little much. One of these free alternatives may be just what you need:
PDFCreator | Get PDFCreator at SourceForge.net
PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program.Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application.
CutePDF – Create PDF for free, Free PDF Utilities, Edit PDF easily;.
CutePDF Writer (formerly CutePDF Printer) is the free version of commercial PDF creation software. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a “printer subsystem”. This enables virtually any Windows applications (must be able to print) to create professional quality PDF documents – with just a push of a button!
Download details: 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF
This download allows you to export and save to the PDF format in eight 2007 Microsoft Office programs. It also allows you to send files as e-mail attachments in the PDF format in a subset of these programs.
File Conversion Web Service Zamzar
Zamzar supports conversion between a wide variety of different file formats. We’re adding support for new formats all the time – if there’s a format that you’d like us to support why not contact us and we’ll do our best to add it.
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tkincaid added these pithy words on Sep 21 09 at 12:10 pmI use deskPDF from http://www.docudesk.com and LOVE IT!!!
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