Distill Word Doc to PDF

Save the .doc files to postscript in word. Then use ghostscript (windows
or linux) to convert them to pdf, on linux that as simple as ps2pdf
myfile.ps newfile.pdf

=Derek

On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Mark Taylor wrote:

> You can convert 5 documents to pdf for free via your browser
> using Create Adobe PDF online service. Account setup is
> required.
>
> http://www.adobe.com/products/tryadobe/main.html#createpdf
>
> Mark Taylor
> http://members.cox.net/mkt24/
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a few MS Word docs that I need to distill into PDF documents.
> > I do not have the Adobe Acrobat Suite distiller software (WAY too
> > expensive).
> > Does anyone know of any freeware/shareware utilities that can take an
> > MS Doc and distill it into PDF format. Some of the documents are text
> > only with minimal "fancy" formatting. However, some of them have
> > embedded pictures, charts, fancy fonts & formatting that must be
> > preserved.
> >
> > Preferably I'd like the utility to run on a Linux platform, but I also
> > have several Windows boxes at my disposal (98/2K/XP).
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > Peter
> >
>
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