I need to convert a Word file to a PDF-I just downloaded a program off

[NoSheep]

the web that said it would work. I just uninstalled it because it didn't work. ( or I couldn't figure it out!) Any body able to give me a clue how to do this? Thanks in advance!:hi:

[texastoast]

1. Do you have an

Acrobat Distiller printer option?

[NoSheep]

6. I don't know!

I'm doing this because I'm job hunting and a kind person from DU has wants my resume in pdf format to pass onto his associates. The program I downloaded said open the word doc, choose print, change printer to primopdf (the program name appears as a virtual printer) but I don't want to print it, I want to email it. I tried to print it to file but the document was saved as a prn doc. (printer doc I imagine):hi:

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. ok here is one that will work

thuiogh no security protocols, so beware


PDF995

You selelct that one as the printer and it will generate it for you

http://www.pdf995.com/

[NoSheep]

7. Generate it as a file I can email?

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. it will generate it as a PDF file that will do that for you

you can look for it as a PDF file

Oh you can also go to the acrobat site and generate it there for free

and yes you will be able to email either file... I generate them on a regular basis... them suckers are fun truly

[NoSheep]

12. Thank you. I'll go to the Acrobat site now.

:bounce:

[jandrok]

3. You need Adobe Acrobat.

Not sure what you tried off of the web. There might be other programs that can do it, but Acrobat is the program you need.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. Kinda killing a fly with a bazooka, but OpenOffice.org will work fine

http://download.openoffice.org/index.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. open office is the suite I use mostly now

I just love it

[trackfan]

5. There's fastpdf.com

but it's only free if you have their watermark on the side of the page.

[hobbit709]

9. Another reason

for using WordPerfect, which lets you export to pdf.

[Boo Boo]

17. Another reason for owning a Mac

which uses pdf as its native imaging model, allowing every application capable of printing to save documents as pdf. Yeeeeeaaaarrrgh!

:7

[Boo Boo]

11. Well, if you're a trusting sort of person

you can convert the file online at this site:

http://www.ps2pdf.com/convert/convert.htm

You need to turn the Word file into a Postscript file, which you do by printing the file with a Postscript compatible printer driver and choosing "Save to file..." from the print dialog. If you don't own a Postscript printer you can still install the driver for one. There is probably a Postscript driver included with your Windows install disks, but you could also just nab one off of the web. The support section of companies like Cannon or HP would be a good place to look.

The program used to do this conversion can also be run on your own machine, it's free software, but it's part of a larger package called Ghostscript and is sort of a pain unless you're an uber-geek.

The web site claims to delete your uploaded document from their server within 30 seconds of conversion.

[NoSheep]

13. Thanks Boo Boo. That was my nickname as a kid!

:D

[Boo Boo]

18. Me too! /nt

[evlbstrd]

14. I believe Word has a PDF button in the toolbar.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. Adobe does them online for free

You can do 5 freebies on their site:
http://createpdf.adobe.com/?v=AHP

[Boo Boo]

16. That would save the print-to-file step

as long as their document translators do a decent job. The nice thing about printing to a postscript file then converting is that the intermediate file (postscript) is created by the application that created the document, so it looks just like it would if you printed it out on your own machine.