How do u convert word doc to pdf

[EJRS.COM]

Anyone know how to convert word doc to pdf? Someone has given me a word doc in Thai language and wants to covert it to pdf and I have never converted doc - pdf. Need help.

[jdiben]

You need Adobe Acrobat (the full version not the reader). The latest version costs $450US for the professional version. Adobe has a trial of Acrobat 6 on their site. I'm not sure how functional the trial is but give it a try before spending the money.

Joe

edit: I just checked adobes site and they do have a cheaper version and also an online converter. They charge $9.99 per month for the online version.

[paulhiles]

An alternative would be to download the Open Office suite from Sun Microsystems. You can open Word documents and output to PDF (for free!).

Paul

[Dragonsi]

There are plenty of other free converters out there, an example is http://www.clicktoconvert.com/index.html?source=e5

Normally, you have to print the document and then select the pdf converter as a printer. Choose how much compression and off you go..

Do a google for 'free pdf converters'

Good luck..

[dirk_wilson]

Try CutePDF, it's also free and so easy to use.
Just click print, and select CutePDF and ... voila!!
There ya go.

The following link will take you directly there.
http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp


Hope this helps...

[Bleu Fish]

Thanks for the tips. I just got the brand new Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Pro and can't print a simple PDF from a Word Doc. 6.0 worked just fine, new upgrades....not so much.

[cyanide]

Another one that is pretty good and free, is pdf creator

[scanmonkey]

Another free one: Pdf995 Printer Driver

http://www.pdf995.com/
http://www.pdf995.com/download.html

PdfEdit995 offers a wealth of additional functionality, such as: combining documents into a single PDF; automatic link insertion; hierarchical bookmark insertion; PDF conversion to formatted HTML or DOC (text only); integration with Word toolbar with automatic table of contents and link generation; autoattach to email; stationery and stamping.

download pdf edit here
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[ilnli]

Originally Posted by EJRS.COM

Anyone know how to convert word doc to pdf? Someone has given me a word doc in Thai language and wants to covert it to pdf and I have never converted doc - pdf. Need help.

Check out Free File Converter (doc rtf odt wpd xls ods csv ppt odp txt pdf...) | FreeFileConvert they let you convert document to pdf.

[Bigstan]

I know!
use Xml2PDF by Altsoft, a very friendly application, by the way(see Altsoft Download Page)

[OpticBurst.com]

Or you can import it into Google Documents and hit the button to save it as a PDF.

Simple and free!

[marms676]

My favorite is CutePDF

CutePDF - Create PDF for free, Free PDF Utilities, Save PDF Forms, Edit PDF easily.

Anything you can print can be converted to a PDF file by selecting it as your "printer."

[jordy3738]

I use Open Office....click on "file" and choose "Exort as PDF." It's pretty easy to do.

[forevergeeks]

PDF creator is a simple but efficient PDF converter, it works on many other applications, not just word.

if you are using Microsoft Office 2007 it has PDF file conversion by default. when you click on the Save Us button, choose the format underneath.

[uzumakiluffy]

download a plug-in for microsoft office first, after you install it, you can save as your file as pdf..

[forevergeeks]

Originally Posted by uzumakiluffy

download a plug-in for microsoft office first, after you install it, you can save as your file as pdf..

the plugin will only work if you are using office 2007.

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by uzumakiluffy

download a plug-in for microsoft office first, after you install it, you can save as your file as pdf..

If you had bothered to read the thread before posting, you would have come to know that there are any number of free converters, capable of handling any printable document, easily had.

[MrGamm]

Buy a Macintosh... It has built in pdf printer support...

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by MrGamm

Buy a Macintosh... It has built in pdf printer support...

This is of use to the OP how?

[joe90]

If you're on a Mac, just type Apple+P (print) then instead of clicking print, select "Save as PDF"

[crankydave]

Originally Posted by deepsand

If you had bothered to read the thread before posting, you would have come to know that there are any number of free converters, capable of handling any printable document, easily had.

Also that the question was posted over 4 years ago.

Dave

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by joe90

If you're on a Mac, just type Apple+P (print) then instead of clicking print, select "Save as PDF"

And, if on a Windows machine, with either Adobe or a suitable converter installed, it's just as easy; simply enter <CTRL><P> and select the PDF "printer!"

[joe90]

Cranky Dave, If you don't want people to leave comments on a thread, or you consider the subject closed, why not close the thread to new comments? Just curious.

[weegillis]

This is way out there... Get your hands on a copy of Macromedia Flash Paper (came with Studio 8). It has a PDF converter built in. Flash Paper is kind of cool too, since you can embed it in a web page just like Flash. You can still buy it from Adobe.

Flash Paper 2


If you want professional results, Acrobat 9 Pro is the best overall program for creating portable document format, especially since you will be able to do a lot more than convert .doc. You can print, edit, optimize, redact, delete pages, and so on with any number of document formats, including Publisher, PowerPoint and Flash. You also have more control over document security, timed redaction and expiry dates, multiple user level permissions, etc.

The Open Office solution is a very good suggestion. Even though it does not compare to Word, it comes close to mimicking it, and the other Office applications. Wish it was more compatible with Dreamweaver, though. I have yet to find a way to drop CALC tables into Design View tables like you can do with Excel.

[Nobby]

PrimoPDF works just fine for me, its free easy to install and use, i convert word docs to pdf all the time, hand little app.

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by joe90

Cranky Dave, If you don't want people to leave comments on a thread, or you consider the subject closed, why not close the thread to new comments? Just curious.

Dave merely points out that, in addition to ignoring the existing contents of the thread, he also ignored its age as well.

Therefore, said member is either most unobservant, or he posted solely for the purpose of raising his post count.

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by weegillis

This is way out there... Get your hands on a copy of Macromedia Flash Paper (came with Studio . It has a PDF converter built in. Flash Paper is kind of cool too, since you can embed it in a web page just like Flash. You can still buy it from Adobe.

See How do u convert word doc to pdf

Originally Posted by weegillis

If you want professional results, Acrobat 9 Pro is the best overall program for creating portable document format, especially since you will be able to do a lot more than convert .doc. You can print, edit, optimize, redact, delete pages, and so on with any number of document formats, including Publisher, PowerPoint and Flash. You also have more control over document security, timed redaction and expiry dates, multiple user level permissions, etc.

The Open Office solution is a very good suggestion. Even though it does not compare to Word, it comes close to mimicking it, and the other Office applications. Wish it was more compatible with Dreamweaver, though. I have yet to find a way to drop CALC tables into Design View tables like you can do with Excel.

How is any of this - Flash, Acrobat, Open Office, Dreamweaver - relevant to the OP's question?

[weegillis]

Oh, Oh. The thread police are out again.

Has anybody ever succeeded in get USEFUL search results from the WPW search engine?

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by weegillis

Oh, Oh. The thread police are out again.

The best regulated communities, regardless of their form, are those which are self-regulated.

Originally Posted by weegillis

Has anybody ever succeeded in get USEFUL search results from the WPW search engine?

While I do wholeheartedly concur re. the usefulness of this forum's search function, a shortcoming that is far too common, I submit that such is quite irrelevant to the issue at hand, i.e. that of reading a thread prior to adding to it.

[weegillis]

How do you spell "crow?" I'm usually scanning a topic and in this case, my scan 'suggested' there was another thread being referred to that was four years old.

"How do they find these old threads?" was my thought. "I can never find anything, no matter how I try."

Truth is I search my archives for old WPW newsletters (and notifications that may have hung around) more than I do this forum.

Anyway, my bad for not really reading the thread. Geesh. It only took a small house falling from the sky to make that clear. Thanks.

[crankydave]

Originally Posted by weegillis

I'm usually scanning a topic and in this case, my scan 'suggested' there was another thread being referred to that was four years old.

Are you referring to the "Similar Threads" links that are at the bottom of the thread pages?

Dave

[weegillis]

Not quite. I'm more referring to links to past threads that are often posted by the folks who know this forum inside-out.

[crankydave]

Originally Posted by weegillis

Not quite. I'm more referring to links to past threads that are often posted by the folks who know this forum inside-out.

Do you have an example of one?

Dave

[weegillis]

Of a link to another thread? Sure...
PDF Files Suck

Just as an example, mind you. Nothing else intended, here.

[crankydave]

Originally Posted by weegillis

Of a link to another thread? Sure...
PDF Files Suck

Just as an example, mind you. Nothing else intended, here.

I'm not seeing any links to a thread there.

I was asking if you had an example of this...

...I'm more referring to links to past threads that are often posted by the folks who know this forum inside-out.

Dave

[kgun]

Is this old 01-19-2005, 07:12 AM problem still unsolved?

Look at the posting dates, number of posts and draw your own conclusion.

I have got red rep points for bringer more relevant posts than this to the surface.

[deepsand]

I've no problem with adding useful, substantive and relevant information to an old thread.

What I do object to is those who add nonsense or content which duplicates that already present. God only knows how often I've received an e-mail alert re. new posts, only to find that, by the time I re-visit that thread, such post has already been purged by a moderator. Such miscreants serve only to waste my most valuable resource, my time.