Convert DOC to PDF For Word is plug-in for Word from MS Office. It converts easily Word (*.doc) files to PDF documents (*.pdf). It does not require Adobe Acrobat to run.

Nowadays various software products are developed for editing documents, and there are many file formats used to store these documents. For example, text processor MS Word prefers to store its documents in doc format that is not supported by many other text editors. To make your doc document portable so that it can be viewed and printed by other people with different software and hardware, it is common to publish documents in PDF format by Adobe Co. PDF documents can be easily viewed and printed on almost all platforms using free software. To convert your Word documents to PDF you may use a simple plug-in Convert DOC to PDF For Word.

To install the plug-in the following things are required. First, you need to have MS Word installed on your PC. Second, download the installation file (2.92 MB) of this plug-in from the developer's website. Besides, after the installation there is a message displayed informing that to use the plug-in you are required to download from the developer's website and install an additional file - Free PS Convert driver (3.57 MB).

After the installation, in MS Word window a new toolbar Convert DOC to PDF For Word appears.

To set parameters of output PDF files click on PDF Settings button of the toolbar. The following window appears:

The list of settings is rather big. It includes such parameters as Resolution, PDF Compression, Color Model, Fonts and some more. Unfortunately, I have not found any means to set security settings for PDF files, such as text copy protection. Thus, PDF documents created by this plug-in do not have any protection.

The conversion process is initiated by clicking Save As PDF button on the toolbar. The conversion does not take much time. After completion of the conversion the message appears informing of successful result:

To conclude, Convert DOC to PDF For Word might be useful for MS Word users, because it allows to create universal PDF files without expensive Adobe Acrobat (powerful editor for PDF files).

Shareware version of the plug-in lets you convert 30 documents, with only the first page being converted. The license costs $29.50. In addition to unlimited usage, this license provides you with future free updates and email technical support.

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