Adobe -- making a PDF

I really want to buy a Mac but I also want the same functionality as my Windows computer.
With a Windows computer, one can buy Adobe software to turn a Word, Excel, PPT file into a PDF. Can you do the same thing (make PDFs) with an Apple/Mac computer?
Thanks.

Does one have to buy extra Adobe software to print the applications directly into a PDF from the print menu? For example, unless one buys certain Adobe software for Windows, one cannot make a PDF. When I looked for similar Adobe software, none seemed to exist. Without the software, one cannot make a PDF with Windows. So does this functionality already exist on Apple (pre-installed)?

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