tuxfan, You might need to learn LaTeX to create fabulus PDFs .. See if you have Kile installed on any machine.
Apart from OpenOffice, you can use any KDE program like kate, konqueror, kmail and select File > Print > Print to PDF to create PDF files natively from within the application.
IS THERE A SOFTWARE THAT CAN CONWERT MSWORD DOCUMENTS INTO .PDF FORMAT???????
IF YES PLZ LET ME KNOW THE SITE FRM WHERE I CAN GET IT