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These instructions are for Windows 2000 and newer.  The PDFCreator installs a software printer which creates PDF files. 

Mac and Linux systems have PDF creation functionality built in.

Install PDFCreator

Step 1

Download PDFCreator from this address: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

Step 2

Install the PDFCreator using the typical settings option.

Note: Administrator rights are necessary to install this software.

Step 3

Check that the PDFCreator is installed.  You should see it listed with the other printers

Create PDF's

The PDFCreator installs as a printer.  To create a PDF from, just print to the PDFCreator.

Step 1

Click "File" and then "Print"

Step 2

Select the PDFCreator and click "OK".

Step 3

Click the "Save" button

Step 4

Save the file to your computer.  Change the file name if desired.