So you've written an eBook and you've done it in Microsoft Word. But now you have a problem because you need to convert it into a PDF.
But how? Or did you make a mistake? Should you have written it as a PDF directly?
You can write a PDF file directly using tools such as Adobe Acrobat Pro. However, it isn't necessary to invest that much in a publishing tool. You can do the same thing with Word and a PDF converter.
I'm a poor writer so I'm going to use an Open Source tool called PDFCreator (version 0.9.9 to be exact) available from SourceForge.net. This is available under the GNU public license. However, you can buy PDF converters which work essentially the same way as I'm going to talk about.
Installing PDFCreator is a breeze.
You can find it through web search (such as Google) or directly on SourceForge.net. If you end up on the PDFCreator site, simply click on the download button and it will download from SourceForge.net for you.
Once you've downloaded the.exe file simply click on it. It will begin by asking you the language you are going to use and then it enters the standard Microsoft installation wizard. The wizard will step you through various screens.
The only tricky one is the usual basic install, custom install. In this case it is Standard Installation or Server Installation. This gives you the option of making PDFCreator available to all computers on your network or just your own. Of course, if you don't have a home network it's a moot point. I used a standard (local) installation.
You have the option of installing PDFCreator as a browser add-on to Firefox and IE. Personally, this is a waste of time. The whole point of tools such as this is to give you the ability to print to a printer and have it convert the result to a PDF. You provide the same functionality by using the print button and selecting the PDFCreator printer. So save memory and speed up the browser load time.
Other than that it's a pretty standard installation. Pick your options and it will slowly install.
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