save something as a file that looks like pdf

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How do I save something to look like a pdf file, I think you do it when you
click save as, then the save as type on this screen is where you do what I am
wanting to do.
 
A PDF (portable document format) file is a particular file type which was (I
believe) originally introduced by Adobe. You need specific software on your
computer to create the PDF file. The most popular (and expensive) one is
Adobe Acrobat which may be purchased at many computer stores. You can also
try some of the free PDF creators. I haven't used any of these but you can
download and try them at these sites:
http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp or
http://www.pdf995.com/ or http://www.primopdf.com/

Download, install and they will create a new printer in your printers list.
Select File, Print and then select the PDF printer to create the PDF file
when using Excel..

One caution.... Always open the PDF file after creation in Acrobat Reader
(available from www.adobe.com) to make sure all of the file is as you want
it prior to emailing it to someone else. Occasionally the PDF writers don't
create an exact copy of what you want. Another cravat, use only standard
fonts in your work as the reader needs to have the same fonts on his/her
computer when it is opened to be read correctly.
 
I am not positive exactly of what you want to do. IF you want to create
a pdf document you must have specific software to do it, primarily
software written by Adobe Systems, Inc. If you have another document you
wish to convert to pdf format, here is a Google link to more than a
million sites with help on that very
subject:http://www.google.com/search?source...GGLD:2004-44,GGLD:en&q=PDF+document+converter.
If you just want to save a document which is already in pdf format [the
file extension is .pdf], try saving it to My Documents that way the
first time. IF Windows changes the file extension the first time, delete
that save. Then save the document again, ENSURING the file extension is
.pdf [if Windows changes it in that first save window to another file
type, change it back THEN surround the entire document name with a set
of quotation marks before you click the final save button.
Gene K
 
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