PDF Creation for MBP?

I am a new owner of a MBP (love it!).
I have office for mac installed. I can create a PDF from a Word file, but I need to be able to combine multiple files to create a larger PDF.
Is there an existing utility on my MBP that I haven't discovered yet? On my PC I used Adobe Acrobat 8.0. Do I need to pony up a few hundred dollars for an Adobe Mac version??
Thanks in advance!

Hi marleem24;
I think if here, you will find that it is not necessary to pony up to Acrobat.
Allan

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