yet another MAC question

(The computer, not the makeup.)


I don't know a great deal about macs (though I should), and I am having the worst time e-mailing attachments.

I have not purchased a Microsoft Office package (no way I'm spending $300 on that right now), and I consistantly come across people who cannot open documents that I send them.

I try sending them as Apple Works, Text Edit, and I even tried saving one as a Word document - but to no avail. I have no been able to figure out how to save my files as a PDF (though I'm sure it's possible), and I'm just a bit exasperated.

Any help is appreciated. What is the EASIEST and BEST way to type documents and be able to successfully send them as attachments?

Thanks in advance.

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And if I save it as a RTF, anyone will be able to open it?

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If you type something in AppleWorks you can save it as a word file (.doc) or in rich text format (RTF) and either one should be fine. I have "saved" documents before by sending them to myself in email attachments and been able to open them on PCs. Oh, and I reccommend using AppleWorks to type because the formatting can get really messed up with Text Edit when you try to open it with Word.

Without purchasing Adobe software I don't know how to save things as .pdf files, but you can view pdfs by downloading the free Adobe viewer for mac software. It has better pdf functions than the "preview" program that come with your mac.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?platform=macintosh&product=10

This might not be terribly useful, but I actually have a "Print to PDF" option as one of my printers. I don't have Adobe installed, and I'm not sure what other program would have installed that - so it might be a default.

Thank you all so much.

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