Creating pdf files

[Christiane]

Do I need the full on adobe acrobat software to create pdf files from word/excel or is there a cheaper alternative?

Thank you!

[sysops]

Do I need the full on adobe acrobat software to create pdf files from word/excel or is there a cheaper alternative?


OpenOffice has the ability to generate PDFs from any document.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Alternatively you can install a print-to-pdf driver. But you'll get more flexibility and better quality output with OpenOffice.

[iaynm]

I use this: http://www.primopdf.com/

It's quite good. It basically sets itself up to be selectable as a "printer", so you can "print" any document and have it produce a PDF.

[APC RoadLink]

Cute pdf www.cutepdf.com and its free

Andy

[stugster]

Cute pdf at www.cutepdf (http://www.%3Cb%3Ecutepdf%3C/b%3E).com and its free

Andy


I use this too. Brilliant wee bit of software. Once installed, in Word, you just click File > Print and print to the CutePDF printer. It then saves the PDF document where you choose.

[termsandconditions]

I use PDF Factory. It works pretty well.

Best Regards

[Christiane]

Thanks for all the suggestions, will try cutepdf.

[estwig]

Another vote for cutepdf, been using it for a long time.

[craiga1971]

I use BullZip PDF.

Craig

[MikeJ]

If you've got office 2007, there's an add-in that lets you save a file as a PDF.

For other applications, I use PrimoPDF.

[neildigital]

Try this out, its fast and online..

www.pdfonline.com/convert-pdf

[Tom McClelland]

I use win2pdf. Same kind of technology as the others (a virtual printer)

I tried a couple of others, and they worked poorly with things like embedded image files. Win2pdf has handled everything I've thrown at it perfectly.

[Postforce]

Thanks for the tip Neil - that pdf-word converter is amazing.

[Tom McClelland]

Thanks for the tip Neil - that pdf-word converter is amazing.

Agreed, that looks really good.