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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-16-09 02:37 PM
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Good, inexpensive PDF creator?
I am looking for a good PDF creator that I can edit in/handle graphics & pictures/get electronic signatures under $150 (does that even exist???).

Any advice??

TIA -

Hell
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whistler162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-16-09 05:18 PM
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1. You might try this combination....
Edited on Tue Jun-16-09 05:19 PM by whistler162
Open Office and CutePDF.

Except for the electronic signatures it might work.

There is also http://www.abbyy.com/
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2Design Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-16-09 09:16 PM
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2. free pdf maker
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Why Syzygy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 01:30 AM
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3. I tried a couple of the knock off PDF programs ..
but didn't care for them. Went back to Adobe.
The version I have has a button to "click to create a PDF at Adobe/com".
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 03:14 AM
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4. I think OpenOffice can do what you want
And it's free.

I'm not certain it will do what you want, but I think it will. It's worth a shot, anyway.

http://www.openoffice.org
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 09:56 AM
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5. Thanks for all the suggestions!
I'll check them all out and see which one works.

Hell :hi:
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-21-09 12:03 AM
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6. Create the document you want in OpenOffice, then convert it to a PDF...
Edited on Sun Jun-21-09 12:03 AM by SKKY
...that's how I do it and OO makes it vewy easy.
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-21-09 12:56 PM
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7. That's very cool. Thanks. n/t
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-24-09 12:53 PM
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8. Any free programs to do the reverse?
Convert PDF to RTF?

:)
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Why Syzygy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-24-09 08:34 PM
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9. There might be something here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software

A lot of these are for Linux. Some Mac and Wdz.
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 05:07 AM
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10. Thanks! :) n/t
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 06:44 AM
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11. Zamzar.com

Has an online conversion tool -- for free -- and it worked like a charm.

Thanks! :)
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DemReadingDU Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-10-09 11:50 AM
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12. cutepdf

goto
http://www.cutepdf.com/

download CutePDF Writer (Freeware)

run the wizard to install

From the readme text

Using CutePDF Writer to create PDF document:


DO NOT look for any application to run. Just print your document using CutePDF Writer (the printer) to get PDF output.


1. Open your original document and select Print command in File menu of your application to bring up Print dialog box.
2. Then select CutePDF Writer as the Printer to print (DO NOT select "Print to file" option).
3. You will get a Save As dialog box prompted for saving created PDF file.
Select a folder to Save in and enter a File name, then click on Save.
4. Go to that folder to find your PDF file.


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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-10-09 12:15 PM
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13. Another vote for CutePDF.
Never had a problem with it. Simple, lightweight, just works.
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DemReadingDU Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-10-09 12:18 PM
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14. It's really simply, and easy to use
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