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Anyone know of a free PDF maker?
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Topaz
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Dec 11, 2008, 12:08 PM
 
Anyone know of a free PDF maker for converting MS Word files to PDF's?
     
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Dec 11, 2008, 12:14 PM
 
You can save to pdf from any* print dialog in OS X. Select Print from the File menu, on the bottom left, there is PDF. Choose the option you like.

* any is not quite true, Adobe, in a brilliant marketing ploy, has disabled save to pdf in Adobe Reader.
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Dec 11, 2008, 12:22 PM
 
Originally Posted by OreoCookie View Post
* any is not quite true, Adobe, in a brilliant marketing ploy, has disabled save to pdf in Adobe Reader.
If Preview works then it'll let me do this but sometimes Preview sucks with forms.
     
Topaz  (op)
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Dec 11, 2008, 12:27 PM
 
Originally Posted by OreoCookie View Post
You can save to pdf from any* print dialog in OS X. Select Print from the File menu, on the bottom left, there is PDF. Choose the option you like.

* any is not quite true, Adobe, in a brilliant marketing ploy, has disabled save to pdf in Adobe Reader.
Yes .... tried to "save as .. " but couldn't, then realised it's in the print dialogue box ....
     
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Dec 11, 2008, 12:54 PM
 
So you've solved the problem?
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Dec 11, 2008, 01:03 PM
 
Yes thanks .... also learnt about this just in case.

http://www.doc2pdf.net/converter/
     
   
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