Word doc to .pdf

[merwinter]

Acrobat describes "premium tools" as distinct and limited to one use every 30-rolling-day period for the free Adobe Acrobat account.  Is saving a Word document as a .pdf, using a "premium tool"?

[Randy Hagan]

It depends. 

Microsoft Office apps offer two ways to create a PDF file: one is Microsoft-generated and creates an MSOffice-generated PDF file. The other is an add-on from Adobe which lets you create what it called an Adobe PDF file, with fuller compatibility within the Acrobat application ecosphere. 

Ostensibly, either would work with Acrobat and are fully-compatible PDF files. But Microsoft's option has no effect on your Acrobat account or any inherent licensing restrictions by Adobe Systems.

Hope this helps,

Randy

[jane-e]

for the free Adobe Acrobat account

By @merwinter

You posted to the Acrobat forum. There are separate for Reader and Reader Mobile. What are you using?

• Adobe Acrobat is not free; it is only available with a paid subscription
• Adobe Acrobat for Windows uses PDFMaker to convert. PDFMaker is not available for macOS
• Adobe Acrobat Reader is free
• Adobe Acrobat Premium is available for mobile, not desktop, to add functionality to the mobile version of Reader

For converting from Word to PDF for free, try this site:

https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/acrobat/word-to-pdf

Jane