How do I convert a Word document into a PDF file?

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RESPONDING TO SUNNI MORRIS Re: CONVERTING YOUR WORD MANUSCRIPT TO A PDF - WITHOUT PURCHASING EXPENSIVE SOFTWARE OR USING AN ON-LINE SERVICE.

THIS IS TOTALLY FREE...You'll be happy about that!

1. Go to "Download.com" - It's FREE AND SAFE.
2. Type in "PRIMOPDF" in their search window.
3. Download the software you need..very quick.
4. You will be getting PrimoPDF 3.2 version.
5. At the top of the screen for Primo you will
see the Red Adobe PDF button.
6. Open it up....find your Word document and you
are done...just save your PDF and print.

GOOD LUCK....GLAD TO HELP!!!

There is a good website for you.

http://www.eng.pdf-soft.com/

Try http://www.printinpdf.com to convert your word document to PDF. I tried my thesis for conversion and 182 pages PDF file for free is great.

Try http://www.pdftodocconverterpro.com to convert back your PDF files to word documents.

I use pdf995 for years; it is technically a printer driver - you will be prompted for a file name to save to. If you don't want to pay the license of US$ 9,95, you will get a nag screen in your browser. So far, I didn't do things I could not convert nicely this way. If your program can print, you can use the "printer" pdf995 - that's all. It may be Windows only, though.

Jay from July 10, 2008, you were right. The website you linked to allowed me to convert my word file into a pdf in about 15 seconds and it was breathtakingly easy. Thanks for the tip. Everyone should go there.

http://www.printinpdf.com/

Turns out if you get Office 2007, you are all set. For both converting to PDF (via save as feature) and also converting from PDF to Word!!! I just found this out today and I've been using 2007 for a while. Here's how to do it:
1) Save as pdf - there's actually an add-in from Microsoft here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en
or go to the download site and search for: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS

2) Converting PDF to word doc. Right click a PDF file and choose "open with" then select Word 2007 (sorry doesn't work in 2003). Now the first time you do this, it will install a converter in the typical way that office installs components that are not already installed (you will need access to the original CD or network install source unless the install files were cached locally during installation). Here's the interesting tidbit, Word is just installing the SolidPDFConverter program (which indicates that MS bought a license for this program and incorporated the feature into Office software). Why would I say such a thing, because the installer box says as much during the install "Installing SolidPDF Converter..."

That's it. Upgrade to 2007 and you'd be all set I think. It may only come with a particular flavor. I've used the converter both ways in "Office 2007 Pro" and "Office 2007 Enterprise". Anyone have a software matrix and could say what other 2007 flavors support this feature?

YOU CAN USE www.freesaveaspdf.com

On linux or unix style platforms, try anytopdf (command line converter), based on openoffice.org, openoffice.org basic macros and perl.

you can try Tweak pdf to word.
it is free to try.
try it in http://www.tweakpdf.com/

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