We had discussed options for converting .doc files to .pdf's.
There are a number of options that cost money, but I found a couple free web based possibilities:

http://www.doc2pdf.net/index.php
http://convert.neevia.com/

and free programs here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
http://www.acrosoftware.com/products/CutePDF/writer.asp

You can also open the document in OpenOffice and export it as a .pdf file.

 Other 'shareware' options:
http://www.8848soft.com/doc2pdf/index.htm  ( you can use 30 times for free)
http://www.mypdfcreator.com

 and a list of other related software is here


If you come across any other possibilities, please post them here.