Convert PDFs for Free
Resources July 27th, 2007
Need a quick and dirty (and free) way to create a PDF file? Check out PDF Online. Just upload your file to this free service, enter your email address and your converted PDF file will be emailed to you. The services accepts a range of file types including .txt, .jpg, .bmp, .doc (Microsoft Word), .rtf, .ppt (Microsoft PowerPoint), .xls (Microsoft Excel), .pps (Microsoft PowerPoint), .pub (Microsoft Publisher), .gif, .tiff, and more. Check out PDF Online at: https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp.
If you’re a bit more adventurous and don’t have the cash for a full version of Adobe Acrobat, check out PDFCreator from SourceForge. PDFCreator is a free program that allows you to create PDF files by “printing” them from any Windows program. If you have a document in Word or Excel that you would like to convert to a PDF, you simply hit the “Print” button, chose “PDFCreator” and it creates the PDF file automatically. The program is free, you just need to download it from the SourceForge site and install it on your computer. The program works on any application that has a “print” function. PDFCreator only works on Windows PCs, but Mac users needn’t worry about that since OSX already has the ability to “print” PDFs built in. Check out PDFCreator at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:50 am
Another option is PrimoPDF (http://www.primopdf.com/)- It installs as a print driver and enables you to convert anything that you can print. I have used it for a couple of years and love it. And it’s free.
July 28th, 2007 at 8:05 am
Macs (at least with OSX) “print to PDF” from any program. Just one more reason to love Macs.
April 6th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
There are lot of programs of this nature, especially ones that function as printer drivers. I personally use a program called PDF reDirect. I used to use Cute PDF at work. They are quite helpful.