Create PDFs With Cute PDF (Windows)

• 1). Download CutePDF Writer from the CutePDF website. The program is free and works on Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and 7.
  
  
• 2). Download Ghostscript from the CutePDF website. Ghostscript is a free postscript-to-PDF converter that is required to use CutePDF Writer.
  
  
• 3). Double-click the converter.exe Ghostscript file and follow the onscreen instructions to install it to your computer.
  
  
• 4). Double-click setup.exe in the CutePDF Writer file and you will be guided through the program installation.
  
  
• 5). Open the file that you want to turn into a PDF and select "Print" from the main menu of whatever application you are using. CutePDF should now be installed as a printer, so select CutePDF as your printer and click "Print." The file will be saved to the location of your choice as a PDF.
  
  

Create PDFs with Primo PDF (Windows)

• 1). Download PrimoPDF from the Nitro Software website. The program is free and available for Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7.
  
  
• 2). Double-click the .exe file and follow the instructions to install the software onto your computer.
  
  
• 3). Open the file that you need to create a PDF from. Select "Print" from the menu of the application that you are using to view the file. Select PrimoPDF as the printer and hit "Print." A PDF of the file will be created and saved to your computer.
  
  

Create PDFs With the Built-In PDF Creator (Mac OS X)

• 1). Open the file that you want to save as a PDF.
  
  
• 2). Select "Print" from the application menu.
  
  
• 3). Click on the "PDF" button in the lower left-hand corner of the print menu and choose "Save as PDF" from the drop-down box.
  
  
• 4). Hit "Print." A PDF will be created from the original document and saved to the location of your choice.