How do I create a PDF file from a Word document?

Creating PDF documents from Word documents

If you have already created your word document then you don't need to scan the printed document, you can do the following :

Option 1

• Open your document in Word
• Save your document as a web page
• File > Save As, choose Web Page (*.htm; *.html)
  
• Exit word
• Open Adobe Acrobet Reader
• Start > PWF Programs > Utilities > Adobe Acrobat
  
• Open your newly created web page in Acrobat Reader
•  File > Open
• Change Files of type: from Adobe PDG Files (*.pdf) to All files (*.*)
• Select your document from its saved location
• A window entitled 'Download Status' will open giving you information about the conversion process from Word to PDF, once converted your document will open in Acrobat Reader.
• Please note that this method will include file details in the header & footer of the PDF document.
• Save your document

Option 2

This method envolves creating a postscript file which is then converted to PDF format using Acrobat Distiller.

• Open your document in Word
• Create a postscript file
• File > Print, tick the Print to file option in the Print dialogue box and click ok
• Name your file and choose a location to save. Your document will be saved with a PRN extension
• Exit Word
• Open Adobe Acrobat Distiller
• Start > PWF Programs > Utilities > Adobe Acrobat Distiller
• Open your saved PRN file
• Choose a location to save the PDF document