>sorry for this OT but I'm in trouble to trasform a DOC file of Word97 in
    >a PDF (Acrobat readable) format.

    Sadly Adobe holds the rights to the format.. I believe anyone is
    allowed to write a reader, but only they are allowed to write software
    to create PDF's.

    Anyway, the capture utility can be found at:
    http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/capture.html

    $895 for a 20 000 page license, $14000 for an unlimited license

Say what?

First of all, I believe that Ghostscript will convert postscript into
PDF files.  You'd need to have word97 to get from the doc file to
postscript, however (you probably need than anyway.  Actually, aren't
there now some cheap "viewers" for .DOC files that can print?  They
might work too, perhaps with some loss of fetaures.)

Second of all, "adobe capture" is a heavy-duty OCR utility for converting
existing printed documented into PDF files.  The program for creating PDF
files from existing computer documents is "Acrobat Exchange" (simulates a
printer, creates PDF file) or "Acrobat Distiller" (creates PDF file from
postscript documents.)  The Exchange/Distiller package is part of "Adobe
Acrobat", which sells for (MSRP) of $295 (no page limits.)  Acrobat reader,
of course, is freeware...

BillW