It's not true that you have to buy Adobe Distiller to make .pdf files. There
are all kinds of freeware programs (e.g. ps2pdf) available on the web that will
turn any post-script file into .pdf format. So for example, you can use any
post-script printer driver to print your Word document to a postscript file, and
then apply ps2pdf to the postscript file to make the .pdf file.
BTW, it's no mystery why people buy Adobe Distiller when this free technology is
available--the costs of learning to use the freeware can be substantial. You
have to:
(1) know about ps2pdf (and similar freeware) and where to download it from
(2) know how to install a postscript printer driver
(3) know how to get Word (or other programs) to use that printer driver to
produce a postscript file
(4) know how to use the command line to invoke ps2pdf
--
Jay Bhattacharya
Associate Economist
RAND
1700 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
phone: (310) 393-0411 x6396
fax: (310) 451-7025
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