Stuck in Office 2007 Land

kodakjack · 15 Apr 2020

I'm retired and don't have the need for Office 365 nor the subscription fee that goes along with it. I'm running Windows 7, 64 bit, and have Office 2007, updated/ upgraded from the 2003 version. The problem that I seem to have is working with PDF files that I want to modify and resend. Maybe I just don't understand how Office 2007 is supposed to handle these files because I don't see icons that are supposed to do that for me. Is there a later version of Office that I should be getting? Will the free Office alternatives work better? I'm not an Office expert by any means, so, my problems are probably my lack of understanding what I'm trying to do. Thanks.

Snick · 15 Apr 2020

Hi kodakjack

You need add in
2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS

Bree · 15 Apr 2020

@kodakjack, there is an add-in from Microsoft that allows Word 2007 to save as a PDF, but it doesn't add the ability to open PDFs. You may have the add-in already, if so then it will appear on the Office Button under Save As > PDF or XPS. If not, you'll have to download it. MS have now removed the download from their servers, but you can still find it in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120428...ails.aspx?id=7
(nb: after you click the download button you'll need to click on 'If your download does not start after 30 seconds, click here: Start download' to complete the download).

Note that even with this add-in you cannot open a PDF in Office 2007. The intention is that you create and edit as a Word document, then export as a PDF when done.

LibreOffice has the same function in that you can export an office document as a PDF. However it also allows you to open a PDF in LibreOffice Draw (the equivalent of Powerpoint) edit it then 'Export as PDF' (not 'save as', LibreOffice, like MS Office 2007, only allows you to save as an office document).

The first version of Word that can convert a PDF into a Word document so that you can edit it was Word 2013.

kodakjack · 15 Apr 2020

Thanks. I guess it doesn't solve all of my problems, but it helps.

torchwood · 16 Apr 2020

Hi

I just open mine in my browser, FF has this option.

set pdf default open with firefox

Roy

Bree · 16 Apr 2020

torchwood said:

I just open mine in my browser, FF has this option....

The OP wants to be able to edit then save PDFs, saying they are: "... working with PDF files that I want to modify and resend".

TechnoChicken · 16 Apr 2020

There are many free PDF editors out there

erpster4 · 14 May 2020

TechnoChicken said:

There are many free PDF editors out there

where can users get these "free PDF editors"?