MS Word Form to PDF Form

[TooncesLives]

Does anyone know of a way to convert a MS Word form to a PDF form? I have a few forms that were made in Word, but I need to be able to distribute them as a fillable PDF form.. I'm using the full version of Acrobate 6.0. If there's a way to do this without having to buy a thrid party plug-in, let me know (I'm too strapped for cash right now to buy a solution).

 

[Ice Czar]

Download and install OpenOffice
open the word file,
File > Open
then
File > export as PDF

then
Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Uninstall Microsoft Office

your done

 

[Direwolf20]

CutePDF should help you

Another option is Win2PDF -- But that one is shareware (it puts an annoying advertisement on all your PDF's until you register it).

They both work the same way.

 

[TooncesLives]

Thanks for the suggestions. I tried the CutePDF writer before, and it won't convert the form fields---unless there's something you can change that I don't know about in a preference. Going via Open office will convert form fields that are checkboxes, but it won't convert fields that have been setup typing (like a name field). Again, if someone knows of preferences to change, let me know