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PCs & Mobiles Forum - Anyone recomend a good (free) PDF creating program - Page 1
posted by Superted on Tuesday, 14th July 2009, 08:52
Elite
That work with both Vista & XP?
Had a couple of people asking lately if I can email them their download reports, not sure of the best way of doing it unless I can 'print' them to a PDF file.
All the best
Gerald.
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posted by Mister Smee on Tuesday, 14th July 2009, 09:18
Elite
Open Office allows you to create PDFs. http://www.openoffice.org
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Could someone please
Remove these cutleries
From my knees...
posted by JamesW on Tuesday, 14th July 2009, 09:34
Competent
Primo PDF worth a look if you just want to convert documents straight to pdf (no editing):
http://www.primopdf.com/
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posted by bytemaster on Tuesday, 14th July 2009, 12:02
Elite
Primo as mentioned above. Also CutePDF and Bullzip PDF. Bullzip has the advatage that it has a degree of programmability. I have used it for reporting from MS Access and can automate it (assign folder and file name etc.) from VBA. I think that all of the other free PDF printers require manual intervention at the point of PDF creation.
posted by admars on Tuesday, 14th July 2009, 18:33
Elite
I also like Open Office great results for converting word docs and excel spreadsheets to pdf.
posted by Rassilon on Tuesday, 14th July 2009, 18:52
Elite
You can get a 30 day free trial out of Adobe, found it useful for prepping customs & immigration forms.
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posted by Superted on Wednesday, 15th July 2009, 09:14
Elite
Is there one that will work as if it was a virtual printer? reason being, the software I use for my test equipment only uses it's own file format (.PAT files) so I don't think a converter will work.
It basically generates the reports for you from the download database so that you can print them, there is no option to save the reports, only the database file.
All the best
Gerald.
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posted by Mister Smee on Wednesday, 15th July 2009, 09:22
Elite
A quick google gives this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_virtual_printer_software
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Could someone please
Remove these cutleries
From my knees...
posted by alfie noakes on Wednesday, 15th July 2009, 13:32
Elite
CutePDF (as already mentioned above) works as a virtual printer. I've been using if for last couple of yrs. Works great.
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posted by bytemaster on Wednesday, 15th July 2009, 15:34
Elite
Cute, Bullzip and Primo all install as virtual printers.
