Adobe® Acrobat® 6.0 enables you to create Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files — the worldwide standard for secure and reliable document distribution via print, the Web, or mobile devices. With Acrobat 6.0 documents display and print the way you intended and are protected from unauthorized access and alterations.

What is a PDF file?
PDF (Portable Document Format) is a file format that captures all the elements of a printed document as an electronic image. PDF files are created using Adobe Acrobat. To view and use the files, users need Acrobat Reader. To create PDF file users need the full version of Adobe Acrobat.

PDF files allow users to access the file from a web browser on a variety of platforms without having the original program that created the file, PDF preserves the look and layout of the original, and PDF prevents editing of the original file.

Creating PDF files in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
If you have Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional installed on your computer you will see menus for creating Acrobat files in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. If you don't have these menus you should still be able to create PDF files by writing to an Adobe PDF printer.

Using the Print to Adobe PDF Option

1. Open the document, in Word, Excel or PowerPoint, from which you would like to create a PDF file.
2. Go to the File menu and select Print.
3. In the Print dialog box click on the drop down menu next to the printer name and select Adobe PDF
4. Click on Ok.
5. You will be prompted to save the file. Notice that it will have an extension of .pdf and be of File Type PDF. If you are planning on accessing your PDF file on the web make sure there are no spaces or special characters in the filename.
6. Click on Save. You will then see the progress dialog box for the creation of your pdf file.
7. The file will open in Adobe Acrobat when it has been created.

Using the Adobe PDF menus in Word, Excel or PowerPoint to create PDF files

1. Open the document, in Word, Excel or PowerPoint, from which you would like to create a PDF file.
2. Click on the Adobe PDF menu, located to the right of the Help menu and select Convert to Adobe PDF.
3. You will be prompted to Save the document. Notice that it will have an extension of .pdf and be of File Type PDF. If you are planning on accessing your PDF file on the web make sure there are no spaces or special characters in the filename. Click on Save.
4. You will see the Converting to PDF dialog box. When it is converted Adobe Acrobat will open the new file.