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Admiral Huddy
23-07-2007, 09:25
I need to create .PDF fiiles for invoicing. I can't assume when emailing clients that they have word, for example..

So I checked out the price of Acrobat Standard which is a staggering £250!!! I'll only be using it to create simple PDF files. Surley, there is a cheaper version for occasional use?
Desmo
23-07-2007, 09:35
Try this mate :)

https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp
Desmo
23-07-2007, 09:37
OR this might do the job http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Belmit
23-07-2007, 09:37
Alternatively, Open Office's Writer (Word equivalent) lets you export to pdf. There's loads of free standalone software available that will also do it.

Edit: The one I appear to have installed is called PrimoPDF, not used it in ages though!
Daz
23-07-2007, 09:45
OR this might do the job http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Used it many times, does the job great. Office 2007 also now has PDF support, catching up with open office which has had it for some time as Belmit says.

PDF, while created by Adobe is actually an open standard, there are several free tools on the web for converting/creating documents.
Admiral Huddy
23-07-2007, 10:22
Cheers guys.. So what is the benefit of using Acrobat when PDF is an open standard?
Daz
23-07-2007, 10:22
Additional features that aren't open - mostly around document security.
Desmo
23-07-2007, 10:24
Acrobat can do LOTS of stuff. Sign off documents, edit them, add stuff, all sorts. For the average user there's not much point. But if you use the advanced features then there's a lot more there. Especially handy for a printer ;)
Garp
23-07-2007, 11:10
CutePDF rocks and will do pretty much anything you'll need to do.
BBx
23-07-2007, 12:58
I hate PDFs.

One of my least favourite job tickets:

'Can you please un-pdf this document?'

No ffs thats why its a PDF in the first sodding place!!! :angry:

(Of course I can, but I don't tell em that :p)

BB x
Belmit
23-07-2007, 13:29
Yeah we get that all the time.

"Hi, I have a pdf and I need to change something on it..."

O RLY?
Desmo
23-07-2007, 13:39
I get this at work. People send in a fully finished full colour PDF from their "designer" and then ask me to make changes. I find it great when I tell them I can't do it and they have to go back the their designer.