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Cool.  As for converting Word files to PDF, luckily the functionality
will be built into the next version of Word (why it isn't there already
is beyond me).  But there's a neat trick you can use to get anything
into a PDF.  You can "print" to a postscript printer, but when the print
dialog appears, select the print to file option (it's usually a small
checkbox somewhere on the dialog).  Save this file, which although it
will probably have a .prn extension is actually a .ps.  You can then use
a site like www.ps2pdf.com, which lets you upload a .ps file, it
converts it in realtime to PDF, and then provides you with a link to
immediately download the PDF.  Sometimes ps2pdf.com is down though, so
you can just download free tools like ghostscript and a command-line
version of ps2pdf which will let you do the same thing.

It's certainly an extra step, so it'll be nice when the feature is built
into Word, but for now, it's not much of a hassle, and it works pretty
well.

-Steve

