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Any fine PDF converter recommendations?

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Bya20 Original post #1
Feb 4, 2007 at 9:50 PM
Hello,


I need a software tool for Windows that works as a PDF printer driver, I mean to stay among the real printers and to create PDF files from what I print to it ( must work with Excel, PowerPoint ).. I tried a few free ones but they all have some nags or annoying limitations, a commercial product would be acceptable as long as is not very expensive ( under $100 )... Any suggestions?
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #2
Feb 4, 2007 at 10:11 PM
Juat install PDF Creator & print from anything. Right now it is compatible with Windows XP & below version of Windows. A vista version is not yet available
Choto Cheeta
Choto Cheeta #3
Feb 4, 2007 at 10:44 PM
Well I use PDF995 at any case...

yes as a limitation what i see is, i just print it as a PDF file and as a virtual PDF printer any file type get converted in to PDF file, then i print that PDF file... :)
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ranjan2001 #4
Feb 4, 2007 at 11:07 PM
*www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
FREE for personal and commercial use! No watermarks! No Popup Web Ads!
sridatta
sridatta #5
Feb 4, 2007 at 11:59 PM
I use PDF redirect @ *www.exp-systems.com/
This is completely free and you have several options for color, quality, encryption etc..
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sakumar79 #6
Feb 5, 2007 at 7:37 AM
If your main interest is MS Office files, you can try OpenOffice.org - it is an alternative to MS Office which can read Office files, and can export to PDF

Arun
hailgautam
hailgautam #7
Feb 5, 2007 at 8:43 AM
Microsoft has its own format Microsoft Image Document Writer - It exports the files to MS Document Imaging Format (*.mdi).

It is a convenient enough format to be used.
planetcall
planetcall #8
Feb 5, 2007 at 10:08 AM
PDF Converter plugin by Microsoft for MSO2007. I really adore that. This plugin is FREE for all retail MSO users. Remember.....You will have to face OGA validation
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #9
Feb 5, 2007 at 11:30 AM
Well, the MS office 2007 Save as pdf is good, but limited to MS office only. Other PDF printers like mentioned above are better
thewisecrab
thewisecrab #10
Feb 5, 2007 at 3:05 PM
use foxit reader 2 convert and view pdf
infra_red_dude
infra_red_dude #11
Feb 5, 2007 at 11:37 PM
ranjan2001 said:
*www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
FREE for personal and commercial use! No watermarks! No Popup Web Ads!
Click to expand...

+1 for cutepdf. excellant software. haf been using it since long!
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ondemandemails #12
Feb 7, 2007 at 10:48 AM
scansoft pdf converter works best for converting PDF