Several times we come across the need to convert the doc file to pdf file so that people cant make changes to them and cant edit your name with them Here are four methods of converting Word documents to PDF for free.

Using Google docs and spreadsheets

1. Backup your file
2. Go to docs.google.com
3. Click upload
4. Click browse
5. Select the file you would like to convert
6. Click the upload button
7. Under the file menu; on the far left, under the Google logo select save as PDF

Using an Online Converter

1. Go to printinpdf.com
2. Click 'browse' and select the file on your computer.
3. You can select upto 3 files.
4. Click 'Convert to PDF' and wait for it to process.
5. When you see 'Your files are Ready for download', click on your .pdf files and they open in a new window.
6. Save your pdf files to your computer.

www.media-convert.com

1. Go to media-convert.com
2. Click 'browse' and find the file you want to change to a PDF.
3. Leave the input as auto detect.
4. Go down to output and select PDF.
5. Click Convert and wait for it to process.
6. Download your freshly created PDF.

Using Open Office

1. Download OpenOffice from openoffice.org
2. Install it to your computer.
3. Open the Word document you want to convert.
4. From the main menu select File > Export as PDF... There is also an export to PDF button right on the main taskbar.
5. Choose a filename for your PDF.
6. Choose the options you want, or just hit save/ok.

Use a Utility like PDF995

1. There are 2 little files to download and install, a printer driver and the converter.
2. Download from pdf995.com/download.html
3. Save to your favorite downloads location, such as c:/downloads
4. Double click on each zip file to uncompress and install
5. To use it, you open any document, and choose PDF995 as the printer.
6. So, in Word, do File... Print... then change the printer to PDF995.
7. This will actually print to a file, so choose the save location.

TIPS:

• Using the On-line converter is faster, But Sometimes may glitch or the site may go down.
• OpenOffice has said to be better than MS Office and is completely free.
• Always backup first

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