Are you looking for a free software that can convert your Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other file types to PDF? PrimoPDF is what you’re looking for! It lets you convert to PDF from any file you can print, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more.
PrimoPDF key features:
1. Create PDF files from 300+ file types
2. Make PDF files for different uses, including online viewing, eBooks, office printing, and prepress
3. Append PDF files after they are converted
4. Secure with passwords and add document information (title, author, etc.) during creation
5. Fast, intelligent one-button creation from Microsoft® Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint®
6. Create PDF files faster with the only free PDF creator to support one-click, drag-and-drop PDF creation
Before we proceed, let me tell you first the benefits of converting your Word files to PDF. Many of you probably experience sharing your documents to your friends who use a different operating system or different version of MS Word. You may notice that there is a slight or sometimes big difference on how the document looks on their computer.
Here is a document that I made using MS Word 2010:![]()
When I opened it in MS Word 2003, here’s what happened:![]()
* Notice what happened on the bulleted items.
If you don’t want this to happen on your documents, you can convert it to PDF. When a file is in PDF, it will be compatible across platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, and even modern mobile phones and PDA’s). You won’t have to worry about font compatibility problem, and other issues.
Now that you know the benefits of using PDF, let’s go back to PrimoPDF.
How can you convert a Word file to PDF directly from MS Word:
* Let’s assume that you already download and install PrimoPDF.
1. Open the document that you want to convert into PDF.
2. Go to File menu –> Print or simple press CTRL+P. Under Printer, choose PrimoPDF. Click Print.
3. PrimoPDF Options window will open. Choose your preferred type of PDF. When you’re done, click Create PDF. Choose where you want to save the PDF, click Save.
You’re done!
How to use the one-click, drag and drop PDF creation:
Once you have installed PrimoPDF on your computer, it will automatically create a desktop shortcut. Just drag and drop the document on the PrimoPDF shortcut and it will automatically create your PDF. Yeah, it’s that easy!








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