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  • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

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    Paul Conrad
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    Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:

    PDFCreator[^]

    Thanks for the link, Anna.

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    • T Taka Muraoka

      I'm looking for something to create PDF's with. I don't really need something full-blown like Distiller (right now, at least), just to be able to compose simple documents in Office and then save them as a PDF. Thing is, while I'm at it, I guess I may as well get something that can convert PDF's to Word, plus all the other kind of things you need to do with PDF's that I don't yet realize you need to do. Free is good but I don't mind spending a bit of money if it's worth it. This[^] is a free online converter that seems to work well and they have a PDF printer driver that also seems to work well but I thought I'd ask to see if people had any recommendations.


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      LongRange Shooter
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      Why not ask Microsoft for one. ( heh heh heh )

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      • J Jeremy Falcon

        Luis Alonso Ramos wrote:

        high quality images sometimes get blurred.

        Wouldn't that constitute as a failure then? :-D Jeremy Falcon

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        Luis Alonso Ramos
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        Not for what I have tried to do. If someday I try to make a PDF of a big high-resolution image, then thay might be a failure. :)

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        • E El Corazon

          Luis Alonso Ramos wrote:

          high quality images sometimes get blurred.

          high quality images that are small on the page or full page? Default DPI on my copy is 600dpi which seems reasonable for mine. You can also override the default compression if the image is being compressed too much, you can use the highest quality jpeg you prefer on all PDF documents. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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          Luis Alonso Ramos
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          High quality images small on the page (screenshots are an example where I don't care about it looking less than perfect.) I'll try changing some of the configuration parameters to see if I get better results (or at least know about them :)). Thanks!

          Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix Chihuahua, Mexico

          Not much here: My CP Blog!

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          • T Taka Muraoka

            I'm looking for something to create PDF's with. I don't really need something full-blown like Distiller (right now, at least), just to be able to compose simple documents in Office and then save them as a PDF. Thing is, while I'm at it, I guess I may as well get something that can convert PDF's to Word, plus all the other kind of things you need to do with PDF's that I don't yet realize you need to do. Free is good but I don't mind spending a bit of money if it's worth it. This[^] is a free online converter that seems to work well and they have a PDF printer driver that also seems to work well but I thought I'd ask to see if people had any recommendations.


            0 bottles of beer on the wall, 0 bottles of beer, you take 1 down, pass it around, 4294967295 bottles of beer on the wall. Awasu 2.2.3 [^]: A free RSS/Atom feed reader with support for Code Project.

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            Ryan Binns
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            I use OpenOffice to open the word document, and export it as a PDF. Works beautifully.

            Ryan

            "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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            • L LongRange Shooter

              Why not ask Microsoft for one. ( heh heh heh )

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              Taka Muraoka
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              theRealCondor wrote:

              Why not ask Microsoft for one.

              The new Office can save to PDF, I just won't be using it for a while... :-)


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              • T Taka Muraoka

                I'm looking for something to create PDF's with. I don't really need something full-blown like Distiller (right now, at least), just to be able to compose simple documents in Office and then save them as a PDF. Thing is, while I'm at it, I guess I may as well get something that can convert PDF's to Word, plus all the other kind of things you need to do with PDF's that I don't yet realize you need to do. Free is good but I don't mind spending a bit of money if it's worth it. This[^] is a free online converter that seems to work well and they have a PDF printer driver that also seems to work well but I thought I'd ask to see if people had any recommendations.


                0 bottles of beer on the wall, 0 bottles of beer, you take 1 down, pass it around, 4294967295 bottles of beer on the wall. Awasu 2.2.3 [^]: A free RSS/Atom feed reader with support for Code Project.

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                Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                • R Ryan Binns

                  I use OpenOffice to open the word document, and export it as a PDF. Works beautifully.

                  Ryan

                  "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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                  Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                  Ryan, That is really an excellent feature in OpenOffice Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage namespace LavanyaDeepak
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                  • T Taka Muraoka

                    I'm looking for something to create PDF's with. I don't really need something full-blown like Distiller (right now, at least), just to be able to compose simple documents in Office and then save them as a PDF. Thing is, while I'm at it, I guess I may as well get something that can convert PDF's to Word, plus all the other kind of things you need to do with PDF's that I don't yet realize you need to do. Free is good but I don't mind spending a bit of money if it's worth it. This[^] is a free online converter that seems to work well and they have a PDF printer driver that also seems to work well but I thought I'd ask to see if people had any recommendations.


                    0 bottles of beer on the wall, 0 bottles of beer, you take 1 down, pass it around, 4294967295 bottles of beer on the wall. Awasu 2.2.3 [^]: A free RSS/Atom feed reader with support for Code Project.

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                    Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                    FastPDF from http://www.fastpdf.com/[^] BCL Technologies PDF (I think it is GoBCL.com) Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage namespace LavanyaDeepak
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                    • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                      Don't recall the part where it says you need Acrobat Reader?


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                      Orcrist
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                      Sorry it took so long to reply. I was camping for a couple of days. If you open an PDF file from CutePDF it creates a toolbar and then it embeds Adobe Reader inside the window (under the toobar). Not it may be possible to use other PDF readers (Foxit, etc.) I dont know. Here is a clip fromt he help file" ------------ CutePDF has the following installation requirements Works with Acrobat Reader 5.0, 5.1, Adobe Reader* 6.0, 7.0, or any other PDF viewer. Does not require the full version of Adobe Acrobat to run. Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003. Internet Explorer Browser 5.0 (IE 5.0) or higher. Total system memory of at least 32MB RAM. A minimum of 5MB hard disk space. SVGA monitor. Suggested monitor settings: True Color, 800x600 or higher. * You can access http://www.adobe.com to download Adobe Reader from Adobe Systems Incorporated. -------------- Hope that clears it up. Cheers, David

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