Found some software to convert Word docs to PDF

[Charlie R]

Here is a free software download - http://www.cutepdf.com/ - works nice. Make sure you download the free version as there is a paid for version. Basically, once installed on a Windows computer, just pull any document up to print but don't send it to your default printer. This software will convert almost anything to PDF. Pull down the menu to select a printer and you will see a printer named CutePDF. Print to that and it will ask you where to "print" to so you just select a folder where you want your PDF to be and hit print. Bingo, your document is transformed into a PDF and placed wherever you selected. Works nice for me, I keep my inspection agreement as a Word doc, but change it to a PDF for e-mailing. I know some of you use Word for inspection reports, this could help change those to PDFs for e-mailing.

[David Meiland]

I use a similar free PDF generator.... PrimoPDF

[Steven Hockstein]

I have been using dopdf for a while and have had no problems. It is free software that can be obtained via CNET. Just search dopdf.

[Erby]

There's a ton of free PDF printer software out there. Some work well, others not so.

The handiest ones will let you print several documents or files or spreadsheets, whatever, to the same PDF file by appending each one as you print it to the main PDF.

[Tom Raymond]

What one will do that?

[Jerry Simon]

Word 2010 has that capability. The more I use Word 2010, the more I like it.

[Tom Raymond]

Cool, I just installed the 2010 suite yesterday.

[kurt]

Actually, the term is "concatenate", or "catenate". Either is correct.

So, Word 2010 has a printer feature that allows printing in things other than Word?

[Jerry Simon]

Actually, the term is "concatenate", or "catenate". Either is correct.

So, Word 2010 has a printer feature that allows printing in things other than Word?

Here are the save options...

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[Nolan Kienitz]

I'm using the 2007 suite from MS and can save as or publish as a PDF as well.

Works well.

[kurt]

That looks like it will only print in Word docs.

.pdfFactory will let me print in Word, then go to a webpage and print that, then pull up a .jpg and print that, take a screen shot and print that, etc., etc......

IOW, it'll turn everything into a concatenated .pdf document.

[Mike Lamb]

I have used the free Cute for about 2 years with no problems.

To combine 2 different .pdf's into one doc I have been using the free http://www.mergepdf.net/ ,again with no problems.

[Croline]

I have downloaded a program called Advanced Word to PDF5.0. It's free.

It is very good at preserving the formatting. It also allow us to convert a lot files at the same time.

You can download it from: http://www.advancedpdfconverter.com/pro ... topdf.html

[Erby]

Might want to check the dictionary definition of append, Kurt. It's just as applicable as your fancy words.

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[kurt]

Subtle differences for folks that like words...........

[Erby]

Some days I just feel like being a smart ass so here's a couple of quotes from Mignon Fogarty for you, Kurt. (By the way, ellipses are THREE ellipsis points, not eleven and you left out the spaces.)

"You should not allow the sweet lure of ellipses to muddle your ability to write a complete sentence."

"The author of one of my favorite books, Punctuate it Right, feels this way about writers who use ellipses to imply that they have more to say: “It is doubtful that they have anything in mind, and the device seems a rather cheap one.â€

[randynavarro]

PDFill costs $19.95 but it lets me do just about anything I want with PDF's.

It's worth $20 to me.