Office 2007: Use MS PDF Add-In Instead Of A PDF Printer

I made an interesting discovery today when I was exporting some Word Documents to PDF. I had previously been using the PDF printer installed on my machine (CutePDF), but this time I used the Microsoft Save add-in to save the document as a PDF.

I found the Microsoft add-in worked much better. Not only was the file saved to PDF faster, but the file size was smaller and my links within the Word Document carried over to the PDF. By ‘links within’ I am referring not only to external URL links, but my table of contents. As you know, in Word when you generate a table of contents, you can click on the item and jump to the applicable section in the Word Document. By using the MS add-in, this exact functionality existed in the output PDF.

Unfortunately, the free Microsoft add-in is only available for Office 2007, but 2007 users should definitely take advantage.

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Mike
Thanks for the link. This does work great but I still find CutePDF useful for converting things other than Office docs (i.e. web pages such as bill-payment confirmations on my banking site).

Jenn D
The MS Add-in for PDFS also does not allow you to make a booklet using the bookfold feature.

Monica
MS Add-in for PDF’s works great but I perfer using Office PDF Printer for converting Microsoft Office documents into PDF, because it offers more options such as encryption and security options, rendering options, and font embedding options!
Office PDF Printer can be found here,
Alain
I downloaded Office PDF Printer from http://www.roycesoft.com after I read the comment by Monica, it works for me on Windows 7 Beta. Coooooooooool!