It's a common need to want to save and export a Microsoft Word document as a different file type. Fortunately, you can use Microsoft Word to export documents in a variety of file types, including PDF.

Office 2007 lets you convert your documents, spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations to PDF -- optimized for online documents, printed documents, or both. But before you can convert your document ...

Open the desired Word document in Microsoft Word and click on the "File" menu heading at the top-left corner of the menu bar. Select the "Save As" option and type a name for the file in the designated ...