There is also a free suite of programs (not a trial version) similar to Microsoft Office's Excel and Word and more that both allow you to export in PDF format. I have used it for PDFs with the "Word-like" program called "Writer" with good results. These programs open and save to Microsoft formats incidentally and state it is compatible with all major office suites. There is also an html editor that on first glance looks a bit like Front Page. http://www.openoffice.org/ Rich You can find a free downloadAt 07:11 AM 2/10/2005, you wrote: >I agree with Malinda. Use the free trial software and see if you like it. >You can also purchase the Adobe Acrobat software (often at a big discount) >and make PDF files even more simply. Right click on the census image. >Choose "save as." Save to your chosen file. Open the saved image. Select >print from the drop down menu. On the printer window select "Acrobat >Distiller" as your printer. Nothing actually prints but you will be >prompted to select where you save your PDF file. If I am emailing >something, I usually just save it temporarily to my desktop and file it >appropriately later. > >I use mine to email newsletters, send documents that my college-age >offspring need to fill-out and mail and anything else that should go in >its original form for printing or viewing without all thoses email >headings. I'm really glad I spent the money for the full program. > >Sue