This tutorial will show you ways to read, edit, and create PDF files without spending any money. It requires 3 different pieces of software:

Foxit software from http://www.foxitsoftware.com

CutePDF creator from http://www.arcosoftware.com

PDF to Doc from http://www.hellopdf.com

If you are lucky enough to have Microsoft Office 2007, you can use Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Visio, InfoPath, OneNote, and Word to save files as PDF with an add-in. To see how to save files in PDF format with Word 2007 click here.