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word-to-pdf (adobe) question

by Ian Jackson
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Is it safe to assume that there's no such thing as a free adobe (acrobat, pdf, reader) download? and that any link that I find that suggests as such, will just redirect me to the 30 day trial, regardless...?

It would seem that I cannot get away without an adobe-generated/supplied serial # ?

advice appreciated thanks
#adobe #question #wordtopdf
  • Profile picture of the author Nigel Greaves
    Ian,

    I'm assuming you don't actually want the reader that you mention as that is free.

    If you're looking to convert a Word document to PDF, as your title suggests, you can do that in MS Word itself. Alternatively another option is to use Open Office which is completely free and, in my opinion, a better way to convert from .Doc to PDF.

    There are also a whole range of free converters that are available if you do a search on Google. Or another option would be to buy a second hand copy of Ebay if you especially want Adobe's own product.

    If I've misunderstood what you're trying to do give us some more information and someone should be able to answer your question.

    Nigel
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  • Profile picture of the author Adrian Cooper
    Originally Posted by Ian Jackson View Post

    Is it safe to assume that there's no such thing as a free adobe (acrobat, pdf, reader) download? and that any link that I find that suggests as such, will just redirect me to the 30 day trial, regardless...?

    It would seem that I cannot get away without an adobe-generated/supplied serial # ?

    advice appreciated thanks
    Get the PDF add-on for MS Word:

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

    You can save a document as a PDF directly.
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  • Profile picture of the author googleninja
    I use an online pdf conversion service that does it superb for me Doc2PDF Online: Document to PDF Conversion Service, powered by BCL easyPDF SDK
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  • Profile picture of the author The Copy Nazi
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    As Nigel says, get the open source OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite - converting to PDF is a piece of cake.
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  • Profile picture of the author MR.MOE
    I have had this problem before. I wanted to convert a word document to a pdf. The easiest way to do this is by using your gmail account.
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  • Profile picture of the author kckaz
    Can you add and delete pages with these free versions? I guess I could check myself..but in case anyone happened to know right away
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    • Profile picture of the author Ian Jackson
      Originally Posted by Nigel Greaves View Post

      Ian,

      I'm assuming you don't actually want the reader that you mention as that is free.

      If you're looking to convert a Word document to PDF, as your title suggests, you can do that in MS Word itself. Alternatively another option is to use Open Office which is completely free and, in my opinion, a better way to convert from .Doc to PDF.

      There are also a whole range of free converters that are available if you do a search on Google. Or another option would be to buy a second hand copy of Ebay if you especially want Adobe's own product.

      If I've misunderstood what you're trying to do give us some more information and someone should be able to answer your question.

      Nigel
      Originally Posted by googleninja View Post

      I use an online pdf conversion service that does it superb for me Doc2PDF Online: Document to PDF Conversion Service, powered by BCL easyPDF SDK
      Originally Posted by apc01 View Post

      Get the PDF add-on for MS Word:

      http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

      You can save a document as a PDF directly.
      Originally Posted by Metronicity View Post

      As Nigel says, get the open source OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite - converting to PDF is a piece of cake.
      All works nicely but...

      Is there no way I can do any of this without being prompted by "X number of days left on your free trial" (that I entered into last week, but have since cancelled from the software supplier) or to purchase and enter a serial # for loads of dollars ?
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      • Profile picture of the author a1journo
        Originally Posted by Ian Jackson View Post

        All works nicely but...

        Is there no way I can do any of this without being prompted by "X number of days left on your free trial" (that I entered into last week, but have since cancelled from the software supplier) or to purchase and enter a serial # for loads of dollars ?
        Do you mean from Adobe themselves? Or are you talking about one of these other suppliers?

        You can't get around the X number of days (well, you actually can) because by doing that you would have an unlicensed copy which is piracy If you are planning to use the software then why not purchase it? Or purchase one of the many other pdf converter options?
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  • Profile picture of the author Mawardee(A)
    why don't you try pdfonline.com
    It's free if we using its service to convert
    from word to pdf format.

    Hope this is helpful.
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    I've been using the free (lite) version of Cute PDF for several years now, it never expires and works great with all my applications.

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

    Another obvious choice is Open Office, as it has an "export to PDF" function. I use it for all my reports and e-books.

    Bill
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