Contrary to popular belief, Adobe is not the only source of creating PDF documents. There are several no-thrill alternatives which cost significantly less or are free.
One such free alternative is PDF Creator. The name says it all, any application you can print from can be redirected to the PDF Creator driver and the output will be PDF. Check it out here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator

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