Sorry, Pakled, your info is a bit dated. Adobe has opened up the PDF specification under a limited license, so there are now multiple tools that can create "real" PDFs from scratch without the use of Adobe's software. I believe the license limits things like indexing and form completion to Adobe, though, so you still need the genuine Acrobat software for those things.

I use Primo PDF (www.primopdf.com) Works OK and is simple to use.

• Jimdoria  ~@>@