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converting ms word to adobe pdf

KetherialKetherial Registered User regular
edited October 2008 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
does anyone know of a good, free (and safe) program that allows you to convert ms word documents into adobe pdf format?

i've been searching around for a few and couldn't find anything that seemed trustworthy.

i also tried a few websites (fast pdf and express pdf) but they were both unreliable.

any suggestions?

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    CutePDF Writer

    Install this, GhostScript 8.15 (also free) and print to it like a printer.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Yeah, you can also GhostScript and RedMon to set up a pdf printer.
    Instructions here.

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  • KetherialKetherial Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    thanks a lot guys.

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  • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    if you have office 2007 there's an addin from microsoft that lets you do it right from word.

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Also, OpenOffice can read MS Word files and has PDF exporting built in.

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  • imbalancedimbalanced Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Daedalus wrote: »
    Also, OpenOffice can read MS Word files and has PDF exporting built in.

    What he said.

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  • ghost_master2000ghost_master2000 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    imbalanced wrote: »
    Daedalus wrote: »
    Also, OpenOffice can read MS Word files and has PDF exporting built in.

    What he said.

    what they said.

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  • Dark ShroudDark Shroud Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    If you have Office 2007: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en

    Then you can save the file directly in the .pdf or .xps format.

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  • DigDug2000DigDug2000 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I've got kinda a weird PDF question, and I remembered this thread. I've got a graph for my thesis that I need in PDF format. Our graphing program (Origin), normally outputs to PDF just fine, but I've got the stupid symbol π in there, and it apparently screws stuff up. So I think to myself, "Maybe I can just open up the PDF in Notepad and change it." So I've found the place where the text is input, but the file is encoded ANSI I think. I can't drop the Unicode character for pi in there. I can't change the encoding and drop the pi in there. I've tried reinserting it using a symbol font instead, and still no pi. Does anyone know a quick easy way to get this in without having regenerate the entire graph in some other program?

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  • keggheadkegghead Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    PDFCreator is another one of those printer type PDF creators, similar to the CutePDF already linked. I prefer it because it's open source, and none of that free vs professional nonsense.

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

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