7 Easy Steps to Create a PDF With OpenOffice

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If you send somebody a file you created in OpenOffice, the person may have trouble opening the file if they haven't installed OpenOffice themselves. We'll show you how to make your OpenOffice files more compatible by saving them as PDFs.

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    That's it; you have easily created a new PDF file.
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    What should I do if the steps still don't let me save a document as a PDF?
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    The best way is to download one of the free PDF creator programs from the Internet. I have used CutePDF with OpenOffice for years and it has been flawless. Once you download CutePDF to your computer, you create and save your OO document in the normal way. When you are ready to generate your PDF you click on the PRINT command as if you wanted to print a hard copy. This generates on your screen a list of the printers available to you -- except CutePDF is now on the list. Select it as your "printer" and in a moment you will be asked in which folder you want the PDF saved. Done! The program is elegantly simple.
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