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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1239072" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>Yes, but there are potential "gotcha's" along the way.</p><p></p><p>The ability to "print as a PDF" is built-in to OS X.</p><p></p><p>If you have Microsoft Word for the Macintosh on your Mac, you are golden. Open the file in Word, choose Print --> PDF --> Save as PDF, and you are done.</p><p></p><p>The problem comes if you don't have Word. Nothing will open Word files and have them look perfect with the certainty of Word itself.</p><p></p><p>TextEdit (comes with OS X) will open Word files...and often they will look like ****. You can try TextEdit and see if things look okay, and if they do, you can print to PDF. But chances are this won't be a satisfactory solution.</p><p></p><p>If you have any other word processor, try opening the Word document in it, and see if things look good. If they do, print to PDF.</p><p></p><p>If you don't have a good word processor, try this new and excellent free office suite:</p><p></p><p>Libre Office (free)</p><p><a href="http://www.libreoffice.org" target="_blank">Home » LibreOffice</a></p><p></p><p>That is likely to do it for you, but even Libre Office isn't as dependable as Word itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1239072, member: 190607"] Yes, but there are potential "gotcha's" along the way. The ability to "print as a PDF" is built-in to OS X. If you have Microsoft Word for the Macintosh on your Mac, you are golden. Open the file in Word, choose Print --> PDF --> Save as PDF, and you are done. The problem comes if you don't have Word. Nothing will open Word files and have them look perfect with the certainty of Word itself. TextEdit (comes with OS X) will open Word files...and often they will look like ****. You can try TextEdit and see if things look okay, and if they do, you can print to PDF. But chances are this won't be a satisfactory solution. If you have any other word processor, try opening the Word document in it, and see if things look good. If they do, print to PDF. If you don't have a good word processor, try this new and excellent free office suite: Libre Office (free) [url=http://www.libreoffice.org]Home » LibreOffice[/url] That is likely to do it for you, but even Libre Office isn't as dependable as Word itself. [/QUOTE]
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