I use PDFCreator: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator Can't edit PDF's but you can convert WORD files to PDF's. I don't have any idea if it will do batch conversions. ======================================= Brian W. Reaves http://BrianReaves.com alex beston wrote: > hi All > > can anyone recommend a good opensource / shareware word to pdf > convertor? batch conversions would be nice aswell ... > > TIA > > alex