I don't think the idea behind offering you the PDF option is to "prevent" you from using it.... In fact, it was Adobe that tried to prevent you from saving to

I don't think the idea behind offering you the PDF option is to "prevent" you from using it.... In fact, it was Adobe that tried to prevent you from saving to PDF. It threatened Microsoft with legal action (especially in Europe) for trying to offer the "open" PDF format in Office 2007. This was widely reported at the time, but see, for example: http://betanews.com/2006/06/02/adobe-to-sue-microsoft-for-pdf-feature/ http://betanews.com/2006/06/02/adobe-to-sue-microsoft-for-pd...