This article from Microsoft Office Online reviews the use of the Snapshot file format to distribute reports.
I've used snapshot in my organization for a couple of years now and have found them very usable. They provide all of the benefits normally associated with PDF files, and can be easily generated from Access without any additional components. Compared with saving to Word or RTF they have the advantage of preserving all your report formatting.
The article covers the basics of saving a snapshot file manually from a print preview window, but it doesn't cover automating the production of snapshot files. What makes this task harder is that the the snapshot format is not covered in the help or the list of allowed constants for the relevant commands. Despite this, it's really easy once you know how. And in this post I'll tell you how.
