kfstitcher wrote: Me too!

My version of Word on my PC and laptop are from Office 2003 and don't do PDF files either. I've been happy with the version I have so far so haven't had any reason to upgrade. Whatever you do, I hope it works out for you. Fi

I have WORD and PDF files are not in there at least not in my version. I am going to check with my hubby / tech guy and probably download it next weekend.

Thanks for the help.

If you look on the site openoffice.org and scroll down, you'll see it's part of Oracle. Open Office is an open source software and has been around for quite awhile. We haven't had any issues with it but that's your call, it was just a suggestion unless you prefer to buy Word.

My computer repair guy told me that the free computer downloads were generally safe, but any additional add-ons to that download frequently had problems. I've no had a problem since I started loading only the download.

My question is always....HOW SAFE ARE THE FREE DOWNWARE SITES... those have always been where I have gotten malware and viruses from... so I am very cautious about them.

Are they safe?

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I recently purchased a netbook. I use MS Office on my other computers, but didn't want to buy MS Office for the netbook, so my son suggested I download the free version of Open Office, which I found does have a feature to save a document as a PDF file. Fi

Yep! My new laptop runs Windows 7. I think I remember that I had to purchase Microsoft Office Word, and that's where I am able to "save as a PDF" file.

BTW...PDF stands for Portable Document Format, but I have no idea what that means...

THANKS,

I HAVE A NEW COMPUTER WITH WINDOWS 7. I am not sure which WORD PROCESSING program I have but I will take a look later today. I think you guys saved me some BIG BUCKS... more fabric ...

THANKS AGAIN.

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I learn something new here everyday. I've gotten so much computer training! Thanks all!

With most newer programs (MS Office 2007 or newer) you can just save a file as a pdf right from that program. There is a free program you can get off the internet call PrimoPDF that will convert files to pdf as well as Adobe software that you can buy. The easiest is just to convert from MS Office I think.

Anna, I am not real computer savvy either, and I had never done one before, but when TQS asked me to do the tutorial for the Bean Bag Quilt, I realized that on my new computer, there is an option in Microsoft Word to "Save as a PDF". All I had to do was create the directions in MS Word, and attach it to an e-mail sent to Lilo.

[url]learn/projects/[/url]

I know that Sue Garman creates all of her TQS BOMs in MS Word and they are presented here in the PDF format.
I know that's not much help to you, but maybe someone who knows can offer info about how to get the PDF software if it's not already on your computer.

Margo wrote:

Margo,

I have seen / heard of PDF FILES but do not know what they are. Where could I get one, what kind is the best? I do not have a computer or office background, and am assuming they are files used in businesses, are they easy to use? I am self taught on the computer so like things quick and easy to learn.

Any computer tips or tutoring would be helpful.
Thanks

I would enjoy seeing a column dealing with interesting quilting sites on the web, the podcasts that you mention, etc.