Have you ever been asked to convert a document to PDF and Adobe Acrobat is not installed in you pc? Do you know how expensive is Adobe Acrobat? It is expensive, seriously.

Unless for those lucky few who bought a scanner or a multifunction printer, then the manufacturer may bundle in Acrobat with the printer. So, many actually turned to the internet and download many of those time limited software that converts their file to PDF. However, these software would stamp words like "This document is converted by something-something" and it does not look nice at all.

So, I stumbled upon an open source tool called PDF Creator that helps me to convert files in to PDF format easily.


It is simple to use, all you need to do, after installing the software, is to use the Print function and select PDFCreator as your intended printer. Then just click Print to proceed.

Here are the step-by step guide on how to use PDF Creator. Cheerio!

1. Firstly, very important, download PDF Creator from sourceforge.net here
2. Upon completion, install the software.
3. Ok, to demonstrate just open any file or website. Select File>Print
4. Select PDFCreator as printer, click Print
5. A pop up will appear, type in the preferred title for the pdf in the title box
6. Then, another pop up will appear asking you to type a file name for your PDF
7. Done.

If you need further information, visit PDFCreator main site here

Other references can be found here:

1. Pdfcreator official site, http://pdfforge.org/
2. “PDFCreator | Open Source Alternative - osalt.com,” http://www.osalt.com/pdfcreator.