PDF Files

[Coldfusion]

Where can I get a free add-on for Word/Office XP so I can save documents as PDF files?

[moray]

I dont think there is an add on as such for word, just specialised software programs. Go to Adobe site they sell a range of pdf file making programs and may provide trial versions, else they do now provide an online file conversion service which is free for the first few conversions per user these will convert any file including word dones.

[lisaj]

You can, or at least you could. Adobe make Acrobat which generates PDF files both as a printer (ie. from any application), and as Distiller (which is more complicated but can be fine-tuned to give better results). They did have a product a while back called PDF Writer which was downloadable from their site, though this has now been removed - either way it only created v3 PDFs because it was Acrobat 3 that it was bundled with. If you're just after making a few PDFs, there are websites that do this for you, using some clever scripting and the phplib libraries. If I remember where they are I'll post, but if you look up "online PDF conversion" in google, you're bound to get something. Basically, you upload your document and in return you get a PDF of it.

[moray]

Here's the free conversion page address on the Adobe Site it uses adobe acrobat which is the software I mentioned. Just post up your word document and your off! Good luck https://createpdf.adobe.com/index.pl/3649546518.46
471?BP=IE

[hertz]

There is a program called Jaws pdf Creator - details here: http://www.jawspdf.com/ PCPlus magazine gave away version 2.11 on their DVD in February 2003 (issue 199) - sometimes back numbers or downloads of previous software are available. Apparently it installs and appears as a printer driver, so you can produce directly from Word etc.