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Issue:  How to create a PDF file from the Affidavit program

Comment:  The program does not have its own proprietary method of creating a PDF file.  Rather, it depends upon your having Adobe Acrobat properly installed.  The Acrobat program required is the "real" Adobe Acrobat, not the free Acrobat "Reader".  The "real" Acrobat program is available at software stores everywhere.  It is also available mail order from many places.  Try PC Connection at 800-800-5555

Solution:  With Adobe Acrobat properly installed, you will see Acrobat (or Acrobat Distiller or Acrobat Writer) on your list of printers.  The concept here is that Windows will "see" Acrobat as being one of your attached printers.  You will be "printing to Acrobat."  The effect is to create a PDF file rather than a paper document.  See image below. When you are at the Printer Dialog (the last step before sending the document to a printer) it should look like this:

Now you need to select Acrobat as the desired printer.  Then click "Print". After clicking "Print" you will be given an opportunity to give your PDF file a name and to specify where it should be saved:  

Be sure to specify a location for saving your PDF file where you will be able to find it later when you need to e-file or email it to the court or to your client.  Notice above that a separate folder has been created named "PDF Files".  This folder can be used to store all PDF files created by your Adobe Acrobat program. Alternatively, on a case by case basis, you can specify a client data folder as the location for a particular PDF file.  Just be sure that you know how to find that file when it comes time to do something with it.

Other uses for Adobe Acrobat: There are many other uses for the Adobe Acrobat program besides creating documents to be e-filed or e-mailed.  Any screen that can be printed can be converted to a PDF file. 

Examples:

1. You might be looking at an interesting web site and want to save it for future reference or to have it available to be printed a later date.  This is most likely the case when using a lap top computer with a wireless internet connection when no printer is attached.  Print the web page to a PDF file.  Then print it later when a printer is available.

2. PDF files make sending documents to clients and other lawyers more reliable and "portable".  (PDF = Portable Document Format)  With a PDF file, it matters not whether the program that created the document was Work Perfect or Word (or which version of either may have been used).  Print the document to a PDF file and send it on its way.  The receiving party only needs Acrobat Reader to read the file  -- ending all worries about program compatibility as among writers and readers.