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DDHarriman · 01-01-2009, 07:36 AM

Hi dodger

As you have discovered, there are lots of PDF creating software, and from free to the cost of a small car (joking but not so much so).

To create PDF’s from your documents and using office you have 2 fast options (both free):

1 - if you have office 2007 (and it just works for this version), get the Microsoft free plug-in to create PDF’s with office programs (go to the Microsoft site and search for “2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS”);

2 - get open office, it supports saving in PDF by default and you can even launch it from a USB pen or a any external media if you do not want to install it on your computer (you can get it to be launched that way in http://portableapps.com).

Concerning the scanner, yes almost all of today’s scanners have some software who permits the creation of PDF’s.

01-01-2009, 07:36 AM	#4
DDHarriman Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 4380 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Almada, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS 505, Kindle DXG and Samsung Galaxy Note	Hi dodger As you have discovered, there are lots of PDF creating software, and from free to the cost of a small car (joking but not so much so). To create PDF’s from your documents and using office you have 2 fast options (both free): 1 - if you have office 2007 (and it just works for this version), get the Microsoft free plug-in to create PDF’s with office programs (go to the Microsoft site and search for “2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS”); 2 - get open office, it supports saving in PDF by default and you can even launch it from a USB pen or a any external media if you do not want to install it on your computer (you can get it to be launched that way in http://portableapps.com). Concerning the scanner, yes almost all of today’s scanners have some software who permits the creation of PDF’s.