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Comment from Lee Davis on 2009-09-10

2009-09-10T15:41:40Z

eWriter Pro (http://sharecash.org/download.php?id=93084) was a win-win for me. Lightweight (at 12MB) for an eBook creation application, this utility is PACKED with value and truly FREEWARE.

Sporting a highly-intuitive GUI (Graphical User Interface), You're able to create both eBooks and articles. But this is the simplest of choices, as the eWriter Pro has an amazing navigation system for both document formats.

On the FILE tab, you're able to save your .doc or .rtf (rich text format) file to PDF format easily.

The DOCUMENT tab lets you insert information into the Properties box (just like Word™), choose your viewing preferences, gives you pertinent information (no. of pgs., no. of lines/characters/words) on the document and has a section for editing (find/replace function), a clipboard function, and a spell check function.

The STYLE tab is as fully-featured as any word
processor program to-date; allowing you to choose fonts and manipulate their properties and colors, text background color and alignment manipulation, and control of paragraphs, tabs, images, headers/footers, and framing of the text.

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Comment from E. Camner on 2009-08-25

2009-08-26T05:38:57Z

Leo: For those of us who use Firefox, there is a wonderful PDF add-on/plugin, Foxit, that is as good if not better than Adobe, WITHOUT ALL OF THE HAZARDOUS SECURITY HOLES IN ADOBE. Besides Foxit Reader, the company also offers PDF Creator and other PDF programs. I recommend Foxit highly. ec

I've recommended FoxIt for a long time. Foxit Reader - A Faster Free PDF Reader

26-Aug-2009

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Comment from aamir on 2009-08-25

2009-08-25T17:59:28Z

use openoffice to converts your work document to PDF

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Comment from Tommy on 2009-08-05

2009-08-05T16:58:15Z

I am using office 2007 to save as PDF and anybizsoft pdf to word to change pdf to word. The output quality is reliable. You may have a try.

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Comment from Pearl on 2009-06-19

2009-06-19T15:36:48Z

Thank you for the very helpful information! I appreciate all the comments here - they helped me solve my problem. Great answers for the everyday user.

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Comment from linky1124 on 2009-06-10

2009-06-10T07:35:14Z

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

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Comment from anytopdf on 2009-04-16

2009-04-17T03:40:21Z

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

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Comment from GOOD on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T22:18:04Z

YOU CAN USE www.freesaveaspdf.com

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Comment from Brett Anderson on 2009-03-26

2009-03-26T21:19:37Z

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?

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Comment from jt007 on 2009-03-06

2009-03-06T22:38:21Z

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/

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Comment from Werner Popken on 2008-10-28

2008-10-28T16:19:35Z

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.

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Comment from Ed on 2008-10-06

2008-10-06T13:19:37Z

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

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Comment from Jay on 2008-07-10

2008-07-10T10:58:17Z

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.

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Comment from KURE on 2008-06-20

2008-06-21T02:13:43Z

There is a good website for you.

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

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Comment from Nan Young on 2008-02-14

2008-02-14T08:58:25Z

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!!!

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Comment from Nan Young on 2008-02-14

2008-02-14T08:38:00Z

Leo...I read your article, even visited the site you mentioned...Open Office...a lot of the comments attached to your article pertained to difficulties converting a Word document to a PDF. Here is the SOLUTION...
1. Open Up Word;
2. Click on "Help" in Word;
3. Click on "About Microsoft Word";
4. Click on "Disabled Items";
You will see..."The items listed below were disabled because they prevented Word from functioning correctly";
5. You will see a notice - "Adobe PDF Was Disabled";
6. Highlight that statement;
7. Click "Enable".
8. Click "Close."
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL SEE A COMMENT - "You may have to start Word to enable these changes."

If you follow the above INSTRUCTIONS....you should not have any problems at all. It only took me hours and hours to figure out why my Word was not converting to a PDF, wherein Excel was giving me no problem at all. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE SETTINGS I HAVE DESCRIBED ABOVE IN WORD AND NO WHERE ELSE....GOOD LUCK EVERYONE !!!!!

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Comment from Sunni Morris on 2008-02-13

2008-02-14T05:10:00Z

I need to convert a Word 2000 manuscript into a PDF file to send to a publisher. They only accept documents created in Word so changing to a different document program is out of the question. I have been researching articles on this for the last couple of weeks and can't find anything that will work unless I have to pay a fee to install something else on my computer. According to something I printed out during a Google search there should be an Acrobat menu bar as well as Acrobat icons in my MS Word program. They do not exist. So it also gave me the option of selecting Adobe PDF through my printer window however there is no setting for that either. So I am stuck wondering what to do now. I have Adobe 5.0 on my computer as well as Acrobat 8.1.2 I am using Windows XP pro editon on my computer. Can anyone help me with this? I am willing to try whatever suggestion you can make as I have spent hours on this already. Is my best bet just to go with the subscription service "create Adobe PDF online?" Thank you for any help you can give.

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Comment from Rigo Muniz on 2007-10-30

2007-10-31T00:15:32Z

Go and download free primo pdf converter http://www.primopdf.com/
it works with your acrobat 6.0 standard.
this free program will solve your problem of converting any ms word document into pdf format.

"i cannot convert my word document into pdf. Onthe contrary my excel and power point work fine. I am using acrobat 6.0 standard and office 2003 with sp2 and all the patches have been updated."

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2007-04-05

2007-04-06T02:46:54Z

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Not in general, no.

You might be able to copy/paste text if the specific PDF file you have allows
it.

Alternately you can try feeding images of the pages through some kind of OCR
software.

But neither solution is easy or guaranteed.

Leo
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Comment from Bill on 2007-03-24

2007-03-24T13:15:42Z

The best PDF converters are the ones that integrate with the usual PRINT menu option of applicatoins. e.g. Word, Excel etc..

Theres lots of freeware ones available. Im using one called CutePDF which is great.

try..

http://pdf.qarchive.org

http://www.accelerated-ideas.com/SoftwareDirectory/aiFreeSoftwareSearch.aspx?stxt=pdf

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Comment from Amanda W on 2007-03-21

2007-03-21T12:23:02Z

To Rick P: THANK YOU for the solution to getting Word to create a PDF. I have spent days trying to figure out why my Adobe suddenly stopped converting Word files. THANK YOU THANK YOU!

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2007-01-31

2007-02-01T07:23:39Z

It depends on how you're "converting" it. If you're printing to a PDF print driver, check printer settings for that driver - chances are that's simply set to landscape.

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Comment from Inslee on 2007-01-31

2007-01-31T22:32:36Z

For some reason, when I convert a web page to a printable pdf file it comes back in a "landscape" format rather than portrait which is what we want. I have tried three attempts and they all come back in a landscape format. How do I fix this?

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Comment from Rick P on 2006-10-24

2006-10-24T22:58:35Z

Kiril Josifovski - Open Word, click Tools, select Templates & Addins then tick the pdf maker box. This will activate the Adobe link & sort your problem.

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Comment from Viv Penhallurick on 2006-10-13

2006-10-13T22:30:12Z

http://www.cutepdf.com/ This site has both freeware and professional versions. I have found the freeware version is excellent when used in conjuntion with its companion program.

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Comment from Kiril Josifovski on 2006-07-26

2006-07-26T08:49:02Z

I have a very strange problem. When I try to convert a doc. file to pdf, my Adobe Acrobat professional 6.0 simply opens my MS Word 2003 and stops there. No error message or anything... Also, I cannot integrate Adobe in Word. Any suggestions? Help appreciated, Kiril.

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Comment from Eli Coten on 2006-06-10

2006-06-11T00:10:48Z

For the mean time, this is an issue but come along Microsoft Office 2007 and its all change. I've been testing the beta of Office 2007 and can tell you that there is a built in "save as PDF" feature, much like OpenOffice - if you can find it in the completely redesigned user interface!

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Comment from Leo on 2006-02-24

2006-02-24T19:10:20Z

Adobe reader is free. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

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Comment from Rianna on 2006-02-24

2006-02-24T19:06:31Z

Hello Leo. At the top of this page you say that you can download adobe's free reader. Is that a trial to buy program or is it a free download? If its a free download where can I download it?
Let me know please and thanks a lot for your help. Rianna

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Comment from Leo on 2005-10-20

2005-10-21T02:23:26Z

Please read the article you just commented on. Word (and Excel) do not convert to PDF natively. You must have one of the PDF creation tools installed.

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Comment from Chris on 2005-10-20

2005-10-21T02:01:52Z

hi,

how do i repair my microsoft word to be able to convert word docs to pdf? i was able to do this before but now, i couldn't seem to convert word docs into pdf anymore. i tested if this is the case with excel, powerpoint and html files, but they are working perfectly.

i'd really appreciate if you can help me on this. thanks.

chris

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Comment from Leo on 2005-08-21

2005-08-21T16:23:22Z

Yes, there are many.

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Comment from giridhar on 2005-08-21

2005-08-21T13:01:08Z

is there any software free, that convert all files to pdf ?

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Comment from Leo on 2005-07-05

2005-07-06T04:19:00Z

I guess I'm not sure exactly what you're asking. What you haven't mentioned is that you may also need an "OCR" program, for Optical Character Recognition, to turn those scaned images back into editable text. I'll warn you that it's a lot of work.

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Comment from william on 2005-07-04

2005-07-05T01:41:04Z

I have acrobat profesional 6.0 and would like to be able to be abe to edit and/or revise scanned docs that were prepared for internal office use but were not save to docs. I have read the instructions on the Acrobat "help" program and even bought a guide book. Both only go so far and I cannot get any help online.

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