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Old January 5th, 2008, 03:09 PM
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Question searching for software to convert Word documents into PDF files!
I would like to convert some Word documents (Word 2000) into PDF files. Is there some free, safe and good software which I can use in order to do this?
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open office from openoffice.org will save documents as pdfs.
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Old January 5th, 2008, 05:35 PM
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open office from openoffice.org will save documents as pdfs.
Thanks, but I'd have to download a whole software package - is there a smaller utility?
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Old January 5th, 2008, 09:51 PM
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This should do it for you.

http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
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Old January 6th, 2008, 12:31 AM
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Thanks - will download it when I have the time to sit down properly. Did some reading on it - seems to be a very good tool!
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Old January 6th, 2008, 01:15 AM
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Another one is PrimoPDF: http://www.primopdf.com/
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Old January 6th, 2008, 05:23 AM
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Old January 15th, 2008, 04:02 PM
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open office from openoffice.org will save documents as pdfs.
Renegade600, I followed your suggestion in the end and downloaded the portable version of Open Office! I noticed that tools like Cute PDF or PrimoPDF do not convert the hyperlinks, i.e. the hyperlinks LOOK normal, but you can't click on them anymore to open them in a browser - the information gets lost because the tools generate the PDF as a file which will be printed (on paper, hyperlinks are simply text...). So I downloaded Open Office Portable on a USB stick, and within minutes I was converting away happily! The converter also has security features to prevent people from changing your file. So for those who are searching for a functional, practical and free alternative which conserves the hyperlinks (Open Office generates PDF files with perfectly normal and clickable hyperlinks) and who don't want to have to download a whole office suite onto the hard disk - Open Office Portable will do it for you on a USB stick! :-) Thank you, renegade!
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PDF-T-Maker can convert hyperlinks and do other pre-processing before the document is sent to a PDF printer. BTW, PDF by nature is read only, that's one of the main features of it.
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Old January 17th, 2008, 06:58 AM
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yes there is a sotware that is available online i.e PDF converter.
you could search it in download.com
or brothersoft.com
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