Word to PDF

[Jerry]

I have just uninstalled Office XP and installed Office 2003. In Word 2002 I
was able to convert word documents to PDF files but using a macro that came
from Adobe 5.0 which I still have installed.
I am trying to get that same feature or macro into Word 2003. Is there
anyway to do it? I was under the impression that Word 2003 had this feature
built in, but I must have been mistaken.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Rick]

There is no built-in feature for creating PDFs natively in Word 2003, at
least in the beta version. Unfortunately, Adobe has not yet updated the
PDFMaker (the macro you're referring to) to work with 2003. But, you can
still create PDFs by printing to the Distiller printer. You were always able
to do this.

 

[Jerry]

Thanks for the info, but you tell me how to print to the Distiller printer?
The Acrobat Distiller does show in my printer folder.

 

[Rick]

The Distiller is a virtual software printer (not a real piece of hardware
obviously). Printing to it creates a PDF on your computer vs. spitting out
paper like a normal printer. So just go to Tools | Print... and select
Distiller as your printer. You'll be given the opportunity to name the
resulting PDF and place it anywhere you'd like.

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

The Distiller is a virtual software printer (not a real piece of hardware
obviously). Printing to it creates a PDF on your computer vs. spitting out
paper like a normal printer. So just go to Tools | Print... and select
Distiller as your printer. You'll be given the opportunity to name the
resulting PDF and place it anywhere you'd like.

You can also use the PDFwriter driver that Acrobat installs alongside the
Distiller.