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Does anybody know of a good way to convert a doc file to a PDF? My publisher is looking for a PDF but I'm on a new computer and it didn't come with anything on it for this. I've downloaded a couple of PDF converters off of websites but the PDFs come out all screwed up, the spacing is way off.
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Edited by
Totage
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Mon 07/19/10 04:24 PM
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I think Open Office can do it free.
I also think that Adobe has an online tool you can use. I'll look into that and edit this post when I find out for sure, if I find anything else I'll post that too. I couldn't find anything on Open Office, but their site is http://www.openoffice.org The adobe online PDF converter can be found at http://www.adobe.com/acom/createpdf/?promoid=DINFK |
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I think Open Office can do it free. I also think that Adobe has an online tool you can use. I'll look into that and edit this post when I find out for sure, if I find anything else I'll post that too. Thanks! I went to the acrobat.com site and pulled a program from there, but it said it couldn't convert my file type....? |
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Oh, what type are you trying to convert?
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Oh, what type are you trying to convert? The file I'm trying to convert (this is a new book) is a .doc file, from a Microsoft Works Word Processor. I originally used AbiWord 2.8 for the file because this laptop had no word processor on it -- then I converted the Abi file to a .doc and now I'm stuck....! Well, I can get a PDF but it's all botched up....!! |
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Edited by
Totage
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Mon 07/19/10 04:44 PM
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Here's a site I found that may help, it's another online converter.
http://www.freepdfconvert.com/ From the Google search results: keyword: free .doc to .pdf converter I also found http://www.doc-pdf.com/ From: keyword: how to convert .doc to .pdf Hope that helps. |
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Thanks, I figure one of these ought to work -- I took your advice and I'm downloading OpenOffice now.....
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I hope that works.
Just open the .doc in OpenOffice and go to File>Export as PDF... That should do it. |
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OpenOffice can't do anything with it....I'll try one of the others.....
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Same problem with the Universal Document Converter -- it creates the PDF but the spacing is all over the map -- plus it's got a giant watermark that covers half the page....
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Edited by
s1owhand
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Mon 07/19/10 07:44 PM
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hey lex - some of the free pdf converters worked fine for me.
although i did not have a lot of exotic formatting ...i have used a couple...just a sec i think i liked PrimoPDF best... http://download.cnet.com/PrimoPDF/3000-18497_4-10264577.html?tag=mncol#editorsreview |
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hey lex - some of the free pdf converters worked fine for me. although i did not have a lot of exotic formatting ...i have used a couple...just a sec i think i liked PrimoPDF best... http://download.cnet.com/PrimoPDF/3000-18497_4-10264577.html?tag=mncol#editorsreview Hey, s1ow -- !! I tried Primo before I made my initial post here -- no go -- no exotic formatting here, either, but I just can't get any of these to work....!! |
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You could try to take screen snapshots, crop and stich them, then convert the images to pdf.
But... I'm sure there's gotta be a way to convert the original file to pdf properly. |
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hey lex - some of the free pdf converters worked fine for me. although i did not have a lot of exotic formatting ...i have used a couple...just a sec i think i liked PrimoPDF best... http://download.cnet.com/PrimoPDF/3000-18497_4-10264577.html?tag=mncol#editorsreview Hey, s1ow -- !! I tried Primo before I made my initial post here -- no go -- no exotic formatting here, either, but I just can't get any of these to work....!! i hate it when that happens! 
at least you've got mail! 
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I have tried to stay away from PDF files ever since i was a young boy.
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I have tried to stay away from PDF files ever since i was a young boy. good thinking - pre-pub-e-scent...
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Worked on it till all hours of the night, and now all morning, and I'm getting nowhere. There are a million conversion programs out there but none of them will convert this file.
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Tried it, it won't do anything without a registration code, which of course it didn't give me..... |
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Some of these may be duplicates and some may (or not) work, but they're worth a shot:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To convert MS Works to .psf: http://convert.software.informer.com/download-convert-microsoft-works-to-pdf-file/ To convert MS Works Spreadsheet (.wks): http://www.rl-software.com/converter/wks-wdb-to-excel.htm To convert Word, Publisher, Excel to .pdf: http://www.pdfonline.com/convert-pdf/ 'Convert Doc' - Document Conversion Utility, PDF, DOC, DOCX, TXT, RTF, HTM): http://www.pdfonline.com/convert-pdf/ |
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