"it’s the price that’s the pain."

That's exactly what I said when I was looking at the new Mercedes SLR McLaren Roadster. I guess I'll just have to make do with my old Toyota.

i thought Microsoft has a addon for Office 2007 to convert Office documents into PDF? I saw it on Microsoft website while browsing...

I think everyone and his Mum is aware of Adobe Acrobat.

Nitro PDF Professional is far better less bloat and works a treat.

Acrobat 8 lets you combine different document formats such as PDFs, spreadsheets, Word documents, images, reports, etc. into a single PDF, something the older versions couldn’t do. There is tighter control over redactions, giving top-secret documents enhanced security: sensitive text is permanently blacked out. This is an improvement; with previous versions, text blacked out in Microsoft Word was revealed when converted to PDF. What’s more, you can even erase search keywords.
Finally, one can download and fill in PDF forms electronically and fax them. If someone mails you a PDF invitation or questionnaire and it doesn’t contain standard form fields, Acrobat 8 Professional can detect and convert flat lines into live form fields ready to accept data. This brings you one step closer to the paperless office.
Acrobat 8 integrates well with MS Office 2000 to 2003, though it did not integrate with Office 2007 on our test PC. At $499, it’s the price that’s the pain. If creating PDFs is what you need, there are free programs for the purpose; it’s the security and data-sharing facilities in Acrobat 8 that can prove to be of immense value for some.