Portable File Box

Before turning to the details of converting a Word file into PDF, it is important for us to know the difference between the two file formats. Word file is a file created with Microsoft Word, a word processing software is published by Microsoft in 1983 for the IBM PC. The Word file extension is. Doc to earlier versions of MS Word files. Docx for later (2007) version. MS Word 2003 and earlier versions could not read. Docx not be installed with a compatibility pack which can be downloaded free from Microsoft. Unlike the previous one. Doc,. Docx is based on XML.

PDF stands for "Portable Document Format, a format for the exchange of documents created by Adobe Systems in 1993. Unlike Word document files, fonts in PDF files are portable, which means they travel with the PDF. The advantage of PDF to Word is that it can be read on any computer, all you need do is download and install the free Adobe Reader.

There are several ways to convert a Word document to PDF format and one of the easiest ways is to Adobe Acrobat family of programs designed to view, create, manipulate and manage PDF files. Adobe Acrobat is expensive but there is a free trial version that you can use for a period of time. To convert a Word file to PDF with Adobe Acrobat, you must run Adobe Acrobat and then on the File menu, select "Create PDF" then click "From File".

A dialog box will appear allowing you to select the Word document you want to convert to PDF. Select the Word document you want to convert to PDF and click "Open". After you click "Open" Adobe Acrobat forthwith convert the Word document to PDF selected. Just take three to five seconds to convert a single page, depending on the speed of your computer.

If you are not willing to buy Adobe Acrobat, you can use some free software. A good example is WinPdf, a virtual printer driver can convert any printable document to PDF. It is very easy to use.

Another free software, but good for the conversion of Word to PDF doPDF id. This software is a virtual printer driver that you can access via any application that supports printing. To use, open your Word file in MS Word or any software that can open it and press Ctrl + P. In the box that appears fast printing, just select the doPDF printer instead of the default printer in the list and the file will be converted and saved as PDF document.There many other free software that enable Word to PDF conversion of Word or PDF, you can use Google to search for them.