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Microsoft offers free PDF/XPS add-in for Office
I don't know if you remember reading a while back about Adobe suing Microsoft over including "save to PDF" functionality, but Microsoft has now released the "save to PDF/XPS" plug-in for the 2007 Office system as promised. XPS is a proprietary Microsoft spec (like PDF), in case you hadn't heard. Save to PDF functionality is huge for me. I save so many things to PDF, usually with PDF creator (which works great), but it would be cool to have the ability right in Office. I am just glad that ole photoshop-feathers (Adobe) and money-monger (Microsoft) worked something out. To get the plug-in for Office (2007), you need to choose between the PDF only, XPS only, or PDF and XPS (both) version. Genuine validation is optional.[Via InformationWeek]
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Subscribe to commentsjames 42Sep 10th 2006 11:03AM
Wow, so MS Office is finally catching up with Open Office.
HandySep 10th 2006 11:17AM
*sigh* Office 2007 only. Buggers.
QwfwqSep 10th 2006 12:15PM
Glad Microsoft was able to offer this feature after all, even if it is no included out-of the box.
It's incredible that MS was "pressured" to not include this feature, while Mac OS X and OpenOffice weren't tagetted in the same way for including it. I guess MS is being hunted by sins from the past.
Claudiu SpulberSep 11th 2006 8:23AM
I'm still amazed by the fact that MS included the PDF format in Office. It's like they officially recognize that PDF is far better than their own MS ebook format.