How do I make a PDF?

[Ediacara]

Is there any way I can create PDFs using some kind of cheap or free software? It doesn't have to be a good PDF with text and image manipulation etc, just a PDF :-)

[ZenLefty]

1. I think you need Acrobat Writer

Don't know any other way around it, but maybe someone else will have a clever alternative.

If not, PM me for my email address, and I'll pdf-itize it for you if you like.

[lpbk2713]

2. Yep... You will need Adobe Acrobat Writer.

The reader is free and available almost anywhere but you have to pay for the writer.

[eyesroll]

3. You can do it with Appleworks on Mac OSX (Panther)

I'm not sure how, without buying full Acrobat, you can do it on a PC.

[wtmusic]

8. Actually you can do it in any application, as easy as printing

Apple-P, save as PDF. That simple.

[eyesroll]

9. Hm. True. Good deal.

Thanks!

[sir_captain]

4. Here you go

just install this and "print" to it

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

[Doctor Smith]

5. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/tryout.html

[MikeG]

6. The Adobe Acrobat software is available usually from Kazaa

The program costs $250.00.
You can scan a document
Or create one with Word and print it into a pdf file.

[Elidor]

7. If you're on PC you can

"Create PDFs for Free!"

http://www.CutePDF.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

I have not used the freeware PDF software at this link. I have no idea if it's worth a damn. I use Acrobat 5 Distiller with Quark. But it looks interesting. Good luck.

Acrobat 6.0 runs about $400.

[BrewerJohn]

10. I use a rather geeky, but free method

on Windows...install a printer driver for a Postscript printer (doesn't matter which one); configure the install to print to a file. Then get Ghostscript, which is free and available at

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

Ghostscript allows you to print Postscript files on any printer, but also includes a utility that converts them to PDF. So you print any document to a Postscript file, then convert it.

There are several sites that give detailed instructions for this that can be googled. That's how I found out about it.

[Rick in Maryland]

11. OpenOffice.org can do it and it is free!