Simpo PDF Creator Lite works as a virtual printer driver, so you can use this free PDF creator to print Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and images, such as jpg, bmp, png, gif and tiff, to PDF format.

1. There are many ways to create PDF files free, with a free PDF creator or save Office to PDF directly with a free add-in. How to create PDF files free

2. Case 1: convert office to PDF If you are office user, it’s much easier for you to create PDF from office, as Microsoft has developed a free add-in – Save as PDF/XPS, to allow office users to save office to PDF directly. And you can download the add-in from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en Tips: a. the add-in is built in office 2010 and you don’t need to download it if you are using office 2010; b. the free add-in doesn’t support office 2003 and older office version.

3. How to save office to PDF with add-in Step 1. After downloading, you also need to install it firstly before using. Step2. Open the office file you want to save to PDF.

4. Step3. Click the Office button and go to Save As and choose PDF or XPS.

5. Step4. Browse a output folder to locate converted PDF file and enter the file name.

6. Step5. Click the Publish button.

7. How to save Office to PDF with add-in

8. Case 2: non-office situations Sometimes, people want to save images like jpg to PDF, or other printable files to PDF, not just office to PDF. For this kind of case, the Microsoft free add-in can’t help at all, and you need a third party software – free PDF creator to create PDF free.

9. Create PDF with free PDF creator Step1, go to http://www.simpopdf.com/pdf-creator-lite.html to download the free PDF creator. Step2, install it to prepare to create PDF free.

10. Step1, go to http://www.simpopdf.com/pdf-creator-lite.html to download it and install in your PC to prepare for creating PDF free.

11. Step2, open the file you want to create to PDF .

12. Step3, click Print and chooseSimpo PDF Creator Lite as PDF printer in the printer Name field.

13. Step4, click Settings to customize advanced options, including Meta Data, Security , etc. a. Insert Meta Data. Users can add Title, enter Author, set Subject and Keywords to the created PDF.

14. Step4, customize settings. b. Set PDF security by entering user password to prevent others from opening PDF; and owner password to protect from copying, printing, or editing.

15. Step4, customize settings. c. You can set the PDF to be PDF/A compatible for long-term archiving; or create an embed font PDF file.

16. Step5, create PDF free. Click the “Save PDF” button to create PDF free.

17. Combine multiple files into one PDF Sometimes, we may meet the cases that need to combine multiple files into one PDF, but the lite version doesn’t support this function, you need to download the Pro version if you want to merge all files to one PDF file.