1. Start Microsoft Word and open the document you wish to create PDF with.


2. Look at the toolbars at the top of the window. Notice there are two areas related to Acrobat PDFMaker:
   
a) the Adobe PDF and Acrobat Comments menus and
b) the Acrobat icons.

Acrobat Menus & Icons

3. Click on the Adobe PDF menu and choose Change Conversion Settings .


4. The "Adobe PDFMaker" dialog box opens. It contains four tabs with a number of different options.


5. To create your PDF, choose Standard from the Conversion Settings pop-up menu on the Settings tab.


6. The View Adobe PDF results option also should be checked so the converted file will automatically display. Next look under the "Application Settings" heading and verify that the Add links to Adobe PDF option is checked so that any hyperlinks in your document will automatically be converted to Acrobat links.

Adobe PDFMaker Window

7. Click OK to save your settings.


8. You are ready to convert your document to an Acrobat PDF file. Either click the Acrobat menu and choose Convert to Adobe PDF or click the Acrobat button.


9. When prompted, type a filename (or leave the default name suggested by Microsoft Word) and click Save.


10. When the conversion is complete, your document will automatically open in Acrobat, and you can check to see how it looks.