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| Thread ID: 96872 | 2009-01-27 02:47:00 | Creating pdf files with Acrobat | Beemer (6956) | Press F1 |
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| 742318 | 2009-01-27 02:47:00 | I was using InDesign for some university study recently and had the facility to create pdfs of my files. That was great, then someone mentioned you could combine several pdfs into one, so I downloaded a trial version of Acrobat 9 for this purpose. I found it very useful, and I was also able to create pdfs in Word to send to a printer. The free trial has ended now, and with it the ability to create pdfs in Word, a feature I really need as I edit a club newsletter and the printer needs the files sent as pdfs. I've looked online to see what I need and Elive have the education version for $320-odd, which seems pretty reasonable. What I'd like to know before I go ahead and buy it is whether that price is the best around, are Elive good to deal with, and are there are any cheaper alternatives to buying this software. When I searched the help site for information on creating pdfs in Word, it came up with sites that sold software just for doing this (which is probably all I need), but I was wary of buying them without knowing if they did the job properly. Has anyone used Acrobat 9 (or earlier versions - if they are available I'm not fussy about having the latest and greatest!) and is it worth me buying it? I currently have Microsoft Office 2003, Photoshop CS2 and InDesign CS3. |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 742319 | 2009-01-27 02:57:00 | I use pdf995 to create my invoices: http://pdf995.com The free version pops up an ad everytime you print to pdf, or you can pay the $US9.95 to have no ads. |
dyewitness (9398) | ||
| 742320 | 2009-01-27 03:32:00 | Hi Beamer. I see you run 2003. If you had 2007, you could download free from Microsoft their pdf writer, which I use all the time. See here: Brief Description www.microsoft.com This download allows you to export and save to the PDF and XPS formats in eight 2007 Microsoft Office programs. It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS formats in a subset of these programs. The Student version of Office Suite 2007 costs about $140 - balance this against what you would pay for a bells and whistles pdf writer. ;) |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 742321 | 2009-01-27 03:36:00 | I use and install on Customers PC's if they want it - CutePDF (www.cutepdf.com/) the free version is just that Free - if you look on the "learn More" you need to download and and install the Ghostscript but thats no big deal - when you want to convert a Document to PDF you select print PDF and it creates it where you want. Dont know about joining current PDF's though. And for editing PDF's ( filling in forms etc) I use the paid version of Foxit - the free version leaves a watermark on any PDF when editing. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 742322 | 2009-01-27 03:48:00 | Thanks everyone, I'll look into those options. Upgrading to get Office 2007 could have been an option but I've got a feeling that doesn't include Publisher (not that I use it that much anyway, now I have InDesign), which is why I haven't bothered so far. But for $140 that could be worth considering. CutePDF sounds a goer too, although it wouldn't worry me to get the popup ad with pdf995 - from memory with the trial version of Acrobat had a popup saying how long you had on the free trial or whether you wanted to register it. I don't really need the ability to edit pdfs or to combine them as it was only for my publishing course that it was handy. I doubt I'd use it much in the future. Thanks again, there are some good options for me to consider there. |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 742323 | 2009-01-27 04:40:00 | Bulzip PDF Printer (www.bullzip.com) is also useful for creating PDF's out of anything you can normally print. | stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 742324 | 2009-01-27 06:37:00 | X2 for Bulzip great and can merge docs too | gary67 (56) | ||
| 742325 | 2009-01-27 07:24:00 | +1 For bullzip, but for if you're on another PC and need to convert to pdf: http://www.doc2pdf.net/ Also, IIRC Open Office now supports saving to pdf directly, saving the need to print to a "virtual" pdf printer. But if you do decide to go Open Office, get GO Open office, a slimmed down faster version of OO. Cheers Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 742326 | 2009-02-22 22:50:00 | Someone else took over printing of the magazine last month but now the club printer is playing up so we need to get it printed elsewhere again. I downloaded Bullzip but as it was installing I kept getting an error message about Ghostscript Lite not being able to be detected or something and advice to go to Bullzip's site to download it manually. I did, but there was nothing there that said how to just download Ghostscript Lite. I tried creating a pdf from Word and it said that Ghostscript Lite had to be installed first. As so many people recommended it, can you tell me what I need to do to get it working please? If no one can help, I'll give the CutePDF one a go. I need to get something sorted within the next day or so as the newsletter needs to be out before the weekend. Thanks. |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 742327 | 2009-02-22 23:14:00 | Used the Cute one for a while now - no problems - as per the previous Post - go To the download page (www.cutepdf.com) - on the Left select the Zipped file, download, extract the contents, click on the Converter file first ( ghost Script) then the Actual Cute writer file, then when you want to make a PDF go to print, there will be Cute PDF writer Example (www.imagef1.net.nz) - select it, click Print ( takes a few seconds) a save box appears, and save the document ( or what ever) as a PDF to your PC. | wainuitech (129) | ||
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