Save Microsoft Files as PDFs

I used to need the full version of Adobe Acrobat to do this. Now Microsoft is offering it as a free download:

Do you need to take Word or other Microsoft Office documents and save them as PDF files? Microsoft offers a free download that makes this easy, and you get options for e-mailing PDFs with it too.

This is a very handy feature, especially if you want to share files that can't be edited, ensure your formatting is maintained, or share documents created with software most people don't have. I used this kind of feature on an almost daily basis when I was working as an engineer. (I needed the full-blown version of Adobe Acrobat to do it.) It's nice to see Microsoft now offering it for free.

(HT Joe Carter)