randynavarro Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 I searched the archives and what I found was from 2006. What are folks using these days for converting Word docs to PDF files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Originally posted by randynavarro I searched the archives and what I found was from 2006. What are folks using these days for converting Word docs to PDF files? Primo PDF - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector57 Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Pdf995 works great and is priced right (free) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qhinspect Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 pdfFactory. I have used that software for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 I'm a huge fan of pdfFactory and have also used it for years. I like that I can concatenate any number of different (.doc, jpeg, filemaker, web site, screen shot, other pdf's, whatever) documents into a single document without any extra steps or collation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Carson Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 I have used pdf995 for several years and just installed it on my new laptop that runs Vista. It is very reliable with the best part being free. You can pay the small fee to have the advertisement go away if you would like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTL_Inspet_Man Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Desk PDF Great Product Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 I have used pdf995 since 2002. 2 things: If you find the page numbers get screwed up (1 of 1, 2 of 2, 3 of 3, etc) turning off background printing solves it. When selecting pdf995 as the printer, I always click the properties tab, then advanced, and change the "use substitute font" to "download as softfont". This stops any weird reformatting due to font problems on the client's computer. Other than that, no issues at all. Pay the $9.95!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caryseidner Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 pdf995 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 pdfFactory; stated with the free version and then got the paid version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickSab Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 I use PDFpen4.0. It also allows me to edit PDF documents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fqp25 Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 I have used Primo PDF for 2 years. No complaints, and haven't paid a cent. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmeagle Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 I've always referred people to PrimoPDF as well. I've had a problem getting it to work with 64 bit Vista so I've been using Bullzip PDF Printer instead which is also free and works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Adobe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Brown Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I like the Neevia converter. For Microsoft Word users... it maintains the TOC links, hyperlinks, references, footnote and endnote links, bookmarks, and the document map in your pdf. It also has all of the security features. It's not free. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Has anyone tried Open Office? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmeagle Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Originally posted by Jeremy Has anyone tried Open Office? I've installed it on over 500 computers at a High School I consult at (used to teach and run their computers). It's all I run on my machines, I don't own MS Office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Originally posted by admin I like the Neevia converter. For Microsoft Word users... it maintains the TOC links, hyperlinks, references, footnote and endnote links, bookmarks, and the document map in your pdf. It also has all of the security features. It's not free. Michael Sounds great but $400 is rather steep. - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Brown Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Originally posted by Jim Katen Originally posted by admin I like the Neevia converter. For Microsoft Word users... it maintains the TOC links, hyperlinks, references, footnote and endnote links, bookmarks, and the document map in your pdf. It also has all of the security features. It's not free. Michael Sounds great but $400 is rather steep. - Jim Katen, Oregon You were looking at the wrong product "Document Converter Pro" it even does AUTOCAD and you name it... The one we use is the DP60PRO - Neevia docuPrinter Pro v6.0 - $49 We bought 100 licenses a while back for around $600.00 it looks like it has gone up a bit. They have a light version as well for $19 (probably doesn't have the encryption?) Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepefrio Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I just use the MS plug-in that lets me save documents in PDF format. Why pay for another product? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Brown Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Originally posted by sepefrio I just use the MS plug-in that lets me save documents in PDF format. Why pay for another product? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en I like the price! Does it encrypt, lock and preserve the links and bookmarks? Never seen it before! Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepefrio Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Links yes, the others not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Originally posted by dcmeagle Originally posted by Jeremy Has anyone tried Open Office? I've installed it on over 500 computers at a High School I consult at (used to teach and run their computers). It's all I run on my machines, I don't own MS Office. I believe this is a free one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Meyer Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Yes, Open Office, it has PDF capability built in. Also Primo PDF, or Green Print, the latter can save paper & ink, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qhinspect Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Originally posted by admin I like the Neevia converter. For Microsoft Word users... it maintains the TOC links, hyperlinks, references, footnote and endnote links, bookmarks, and the document map in your pdf. It also has all of the security features. It's not free. Michael I downloaded the trial version and so far very nice. pdaFactory is much faster when it comes to coverting but this software has some nice features. I'm going to look into this software some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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