Hi Catch 22,
To add to the previous comments, if you use Word 2007's
Office Button=>Save As
Word should offer to download and install the PDF converter if not already
there. Once Office 2007 Service Pack 2 is released that ability will be
built in as part of the Office product.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-21ExpandedFormatsPR.mspx
The original issue was a legal one largely in the sense that there wasn't
time to resolve the issue of having the capability ship with the product,
to the satisfaction of the legal teams that the PDF capability was something
MS created from the available PDF 1 specs, and still get the Office product
on the stree and it became a downloadable choice.
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I just purchased Office Pro 2007 and I am having difficulty finding the
Create PDF icon on the ribbon in WORD. I can't even find a PDF command to
add to the task bar.>>