If you've upgraded or are planning to upgrade to Office 2007, don't forget this important (and silly (that it is separate)) additional post-installation step:
Download the "2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS" that lets you, gasp, save as PDF in any of these Office programs:
Sure, there's a million free shareware printer drivers that let you "print to PDF" as well as the glory that is FinePrint that I still continue to use, but sometimes you just want to Save As, you know?
Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. I am a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.
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