What is a good free word to pdf converter? nm

[rhett o rick]

[NYC_SKP]

1. This is so not going to be helpful, but, a Mac lets you select save as PDF when you go to print.

You might want to try it: go to print and then see if there's an option to save as a PDF.

Alternatively, try "Save as" and see if there isn't a .PDF option there.

Different computer op systems vary widely as do printer options, that it's hard to help.

Give these things a try, though.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Update: Word for Mac 2008 lets you "save as" and then you select PDF.

I hope that your version of Word lets you do the same.

Otherwise, I hope someone else with a PC can suggest an app.

[csziggy]

3. I like Cute PDF

Free PDF application that shows up as a printer option so you print to PDF with ANY program: http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

I also use it a lot to save web pages as PDFs - if I set my browser printer application to print the date and the URL on the page, it saves those in the PDF so I always know where I got that material.

[rhett o rick]

6. Thanks. It says "Requires PS2PDF converter such as Ghostscript ". What is that? nm

[RC]

8. PS2PDF converter is a second file you need to download and run.

It should be on the same page as CutePDF

[rhett o rick]

11. ok thanks. nm

[csziggy]

12. Its a script that allows the program to run

PS2PDF = PostScript to Portable Document Format

There is a link on the page so you can download the needed file to install it.

[rhett o rick]

13. Thank you. nm

[JBoy]

17. +1 for CutePDF.

I use it all the time, and it's fantastic.

[Downwinder]

4. You can open a word file in Open Office and

export it to PDF.

[Make7]

5. Open Office should probably open most Word documents...

... and allow them to be saved as a PDF. Not sure of the degree of compatibility with MS Office 2010 documents - it does handle older versions fairly well.

  http://www.openoffice.org/

Or you could try an online conversion site if you are only doing a small number of documents. I found the following one on a discussion board about Open Office compatibility issues (I haven't tried it - so I can't say how well it works):

  http://www.zamzar.com/

BTW - I'd probably use (or set up) an anonymous web email account with that site.

[rhett o rick]

9. Thanks. I d/l openoffice and used that. nm

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

7. The is an MS-Word...

...update: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=9943

[rhett o rick]

10. Thank you. I should have mentioned I have Word 2003. nm

[glad581]

14. Use this tool

I have a copy of Kernel for Word to PDF, you can also download and use this tool, the good thing about this tool is its easy to use interface and capability to manage the original formatting of the word file.

[rhett o rick]

15. Thank you. nm

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. I have copied and pasted a word doc

into an outgoing email message ( Thunderbird) which lets me save it as a PDF file.
Then discard the email.
Course, you cannot edit the pdf then.

[ChromeFoundry]

18. doPDF is a free printer driver for creating PDF files.

It will save anything you can print to a PDF file.
It is free and requires no additional software to be installed.
Simply select the "doPDF" printer from your print options in the application.
You are prompted for a filename to save your output.

http://www.dopdf.com/

[guardian]

19. PDF995

I used to use pdf995 (http://www.pdf995.com/) with Office 2003. Its was free and worked fine. I have since upgraded to Office 2010 so I don't need it anymore.

[RoccoR5955]

20. If you want to convert word to PDF

There are many good free converters. Search http://www.sourceforge.net They have lots of open source software.

[Kennah]

21. pdfcreator is free

http://www.pdfforge.org/

Let's you print ANYTHING to PDF.

[rhett o rick]

22. Thanks for all the suggestions. nm

[Phillip McCleod]

23. just a note on pdf...

Adobe Portable Document Format extends postscript, which is historically a printer file. That's why on Macs for a while "Save as PDF..." was under "Print..."

And that's why any solution that works... works. When I was a graphic designer I usually ran it through Acrobat as a last step for print-readiness, but the whole idea is that any document that can be printed can be made into a PDF.

[Donna111]

24. reply

HI there
That exactly what i want to get.I also want to get a free word to pdf converter.For me ,i have purchased a powerful word converter,it supports to convert word to pdf effectively.But it is a little bit expensive for me.So i am planning to change another one.Thanks for any suggestion.And it would be perfect if it supports to work offline.

[rhett o rick]

25. There are some good suggestions above. Good luck. nm

[Deuce]

26. PrimoPDF....

[rhett o rick]

27. I am using doPDF. nm