## PDF ##
I've now got a working PDF creator which is ... wait for it ... completely FREE.  I saw it in Internet Magazine - and the files are all on the cover CD.  It is called FreePDF v.0.95 Beta and is a pig to set-up but once set-up the author assures us that it is then a breeze to operate.
 
The program uses no fewer than 3 separate freeware programs (hence its complexity in the setting up process):
 
* Ghostscript for Windows 9x
* RedMon for Windows 9x
* FreePDF
 
Essentially you only need Aladdin's Ghostscript 6.01 and GSView which is a Windows GUI for Ghostscript (Follow the links from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/get601.html under "OS/2, MS-DOS & MS-Windows" heading). Total file size for both is about 6.11 Mb.  They are available on this month's Internet magazine CD-ROM.  The RedMon and FreePDF programs just cut out some of the legwork, but if you don't mind loading *.prn files into GSView and then deleting them after the convertion (oh, the hardship) then you don't really need them.  (I discovered this because I couldn't actually get RedMon to install!)
 
Here's what you do:
Download and Install Ghostscript 6.01 and GSView 
In Control Panel | Printers install a new printer with PostScript capabilities.  They recommend the "Apple LaserWriter II NT" which is on the Windows 98 CD-ROM.  Make sure that it is set to print to FILE. 
Rename the new printer to something like "Create PDF". 
In you application print to the "Create PDF" printer.  You will be prompted for a filename (*.prn) 
Launch GSView.  Open the new *.prn file. 
In File | Convert select "pdfwrite" with a resolution of 600 and click OK.  You will be prompted for a filename - remember to add the suffix .pdf and click SAVE button 
You now have a PDF file. 
You can now delete the *.prn file.
I've managed to print from MS Publisher 98 and Lotus AmiPro 3.0 (Win16) and convert these files to PDF.  Nine pages of dissertation text from AmiPro was only about 35Kb.
 
Adobe's collection of PDF documentation can be found at http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/docs.html