Adobe Publisher (or whatever) trial version?

[ffutures]

Since

1: I really would prefer not to buy pirated software,
2: I would really prefer to sort out the layout problems for myself, and
3: Publisher costs a lot more than I am likely to make from the PDF project

Can anyone tell me if the trial version includes Distiller, and if there are any limitations on it that will make it impractical to use to make the PDF? I know that there is a limit of 30 days on it, but are there any other problems, e.g. watermarking pages, that would stop it from being useful?

Alternatively, are there any alternatives to Distiller, either for Mac or for PC?

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[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I've just tried two and got nowhere, which doesn't fill me with confidence. PDF creator appears to do what I want but doesn't actually appear to save files - I think it may not be connecting to Ghostscript properly - and Ghostword doesn't want to work at all.

I think I may uninstall them from the XP box and try them on the Windows 98 machine tomorrow. I have a feeling that one or another of Microsoft's recent XP "upgrades" may be screwing things up.

Do you have an address for the web version of Acrobat?