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Old 12-23-2008, 06:59 PM   #1
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Creating PDF's

What do you guys use to create PDF's?

open to desktop or web based, simpler the better.

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Old 12-23-2008, 07:04 PM   #2
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Re: Creating PDF's

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What do you guys use to create PDF's?

open to desktop or web based, simpler the better.
there's a program called, beleive it or not, cutepdfwriter (free)
cutepdf.com
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Old 12-23-2008, 07:08 PM   #3
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PDF Creator is my favorite.
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Re: Creating PDF's

Free. Open source. Got this from sourceforge.net a couple of years ago. Works flawlessly. Just print the doc, print dialog box opens up, select pdf creator rather than a printer, select save to / create file name if you choose. Can also spool separate pdf files and create one pdf - file.

http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator
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Re: Creating PDF's

You can use Open Office Writer (free, open source).

It's just like MS Word, and there's a button in the toolbar "Export Directly as PDF." Awesome. One click PDF.

I don't use Word anymore, I like Open Office so much.
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there's a program called, beleive it or not, cutepdfwriter (free)
cutepdf.com
I second that one. I use it all the time. Free.
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I second that one. I use it all the time. Free.
Actually, I believe I got the idea for this from a previous post of yours Framerman. Thanks for that.
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Old 12-23-2008, 09:01 PM   #9
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You can use Open Office Writer (free, open source).

It's just like MS Word, and there's a button in the toolbar "Export Directly as PDF." Awesome. One click PDF.

I don't use Word anymore, I like Open Office so much.
I am actually migrating away from the entire MS Office package to OO.o
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Old 12-23-2008, 09:07 PM   #10
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Re: Creating PDF's

Acrobat Pro version.
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Old 12-24-2008, 02:54 AM   #11
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Re: Creating PDF's

I'm also a user of CutePDFwriter
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Re: Creating PDF's

It depends.

Most, probably all, word processors will export to or print to or publish to PDF.

If I'm assembling multiple scanned documents or jpg's or photos or things of that nature I use Adobe Acrobat.
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I second that one. I use it all the time. Free.
Ditto to the cutepdf.
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Re: Creating PDF's

pdf creator. installs as a printer.
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Old 12-24-2008, 02:25 PM   #15
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I have used the CutePDF the few times I needed to create a PDF. More info can be found at http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/Writer.asp
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I had issues with CutePDF Writer when I tried it. May have been a bad build at the time. I'm using Doro PDF Creator now, which is very similar, just a print driver.
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Re: Creating PDF's

You install it, select it as the printer and that's how the PDF gets created. Easy and free.

primopdf.com
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Google Documents works as well.
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Acrobat Pro version.
Got to love it.

http://www.adobe.com/products/acroba...ackingid=DLTDW
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