While in search of the Windows Live Hotmail for Outlook Connector (future blog post in the works), I found a small add-on that enables the ability to save office documents as PDF (or XPS). The add-in adds a new option under “Save As”, and worked well in my limited testing. This works different from other PDF utilities, in that it does NOT install a virtual printer driver.

The add-in is limited to the following programs, and sadly, outlook is not one of them, but all the other major office applications are:

• Microsoft Office Access 2007
• Microsoft Office Excel 2007
• Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
• Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
• Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
• Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
• Microsoft Office Visio 2007
• Microsoft Office Word 2007

Remember, you access this add-in by going to “Save As”, not Print, like you may be used to for other PDF utilities. OneNote adds a new option under File, other applications may differ as well.

Info and Download:

• Main Microsoft Downloads page (requires Genuine Software check)
• Direct download link