I would like to create PDF files from Microsoft Office documents. Should I feel guilty about using freeware, rather buying something from Adobe? If not, which freeware would you recommend? Stephen Chowns
I would never feel guilty about using good freeware, especially if it's open source. In this case, I recommend Microsoft's free Save as PDF add-in for Office 2007, if only because Adobe threw a hissy fit to stop Microsoft from including it as standard: you now have to download it separately. If you don't have Office 2007, there are lots of free programs to create PDF files. The leading contenders appear to be PDF995 (pop-up-ware), Go2PDF and PDFCreator.
Backchat: Mike Dodds says: "Foxit Reader 2.2 for Windows does the trick. It says 'evaluation only' when conversion is complete, but so far there is no prompt for purchase."
