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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-26-05 04:34 PM
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Advice, please.......*S*
Any recommendations for free (or inexpensive)online sites that enable one to convert Word files to pdf?

Thanks......:)
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-26-05 05:06 PM
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1. another question.........
obviously I'm completely ignorant about computer stuff....sorry.....:eyes:

I was just about to try a seemingly free online service to convert a Word file to pdf, and it said the file can't be more than 2 MB.

So, my next question is: how can I condense a Word file?

It's currently 4 MB.

I've googled these questions but I trust you people here to provide recommendations based on experience.....:)
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Berserker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-26-05 05:45 PM
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2. Here is a page to
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-26-05 06:11 PM
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4. thanks and hugs.....*S* n/t
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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-26-05 05:47 PM
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3. This service will accept up to 15 megs
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-26-05 06:12 PM
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5. thanks and hugs to you as well........*S* n/t
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 12:03 AM
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6. Dump Word
Download and install OpenOffice. It's free, does everything microshaft Office does and lets you export as PDF
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jayfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 12:13 AM
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7. LOL, That's A Good One.
I might install OpenOffice just for the converter. But dump Office all together? Peoples hatred of MS knows no bounds.

Jay
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 12:17 AM
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8. Mine has bounds ...

At the point I want to play certain games, that is whenever I want to shoot Nazis, pretend I'm a Jedi, or fight the minions of Hell, I momentarily stop hating MS long enough to do so. :-)

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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 06:46 AM
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9. Yes, dump MS Office altogether
Edited on Tue Sep-27-05 06:46 AM by RC
OpenOffice is much easier to use and can read and save files in MS format.
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:16 AM
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10. Yikes........
I'll keep that in mind....I've had such computer nightmares that making any changes right now freaks me out.

But thanks for all the advice....:toast:
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 10:56 AM
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11. Cutepdf
You can download cutepdf for free and install it and the ghostscript files you need and then you can create a pdf just by printing.

I use this one a lot. It will not create table of contents or anything fancy but otherwise works flawlessly.

http://www.cutepdf.com/
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 11:37 AM
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12. Excellent....thanks much! *S* n/t
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