After you sign up, click Convert a file (you can also choose Convert a Web page), enter the path to the file/page you want to convert, or click Browse and navigate to the file. Otherwise using the service is straightforward. The downside to Adobe's free trial is that you have to register, and you have to wait for your PDF to be delivered. (If you need more than five files converted, sign up for a new free e-mail account and re-register with that address.) I've used Adobe's free PDF-conversion service for years, and while the $10-a-month service ($100 for one year) used to allow you to create 10 PDF files for free, that number has been reduced to five free conversions, which is sufficient for people who rarely have the need to make a PDF. Slow and limited, but readily available: Create Adobe PDF Online The great thing about CutePDF Writer is that it works with programs other than Office 2007. If you use Office 2007 you can download Microsoft's free Save as PDF or XPS utility, which adds the ability to convert files to PDF or Microsoft's competing XML Paper Specification to all eight applications in the suite. After her fourth request of the week I felt compelled to tell her about two ways she could have converted the files herself for free: Adobe's own Create Adobe PDF Online free trial, and Arco Software's great CutePDF Writer freebie. Then the next day she sent two more files in need of conversion to PDF, and a couple of days after than another. Since the process took all of about 30 seconds, I was delighted to help. Recently an associate whose PC lacked Adobe Acrobat sent me a Word file via e-mail, asking if I could convert it to PDF and e-mail it back to her.
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