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How to print just about anything to PDF for free
Adobe Reader can take 30 seconds or longer to load, and tends to bog down Firefox or Internet Explorer when you want to open a PDF from a web page. Foxit loads in a snap and can handle almost anything Adobe Reader can. But the free version of Foxit won't let you create PDF files.
That's where doPDF steps in. It's one of a number of programs that installs a virtual printer on your machine. Now when you go to print a web page, word document, photo or pretty much anything else, you can save it as a PDF file. You can set the resolution to anything from 72 dpi to 2400 dpi, and the "printed" files are text searchable.
Sure, doPDF's not the only program that performs this function, but much like Foxit, it's free and it just works. Really well.
[via Digital Inspiration]
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Subscribe to commentsDwayneMar 7th 2007 2:20PM
Does anyone know of a place that you can fax documents (rather large documents) to and they will email you a pdf file? I am in desperate need of a cheap solution to this problem.
Brad LinderMar 7th 2007 2:22PM
Dwayne: You can try K7.net. You sign up for a virtual fax number, and any fax sent to that number will show up as a .tiff file in your mailbox. It's not a PDF file, but you could always use doPDF or another program to convert it if it needs to be in PDF format. The files will not be text-searchable though.
harmxMar 7th 2007 6:57PM
@Fred Thompson
I take your point. IMHO, used both a fair bit and just find Bullzip easier & quicker to use,...personally.
Windows VistaMar 7th 2007 2:36PM
or use vista
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http://www.WindowsVistaUserGuide.com
HarrisonMar 7th 2007 6:16PM
The Mac can just save to PDF by default. Anything, any program. Ah the wonders...
tibMar 7th 2007 6:16PM
Mac OS X has had this ability built-in for years.
CoyoteMar 7th 2007 7:59PM
Or you could use Zamzar to convert your docs to and from PDF - it supports RTF as well.
thorsen bergenMar 8th 2007 7:34AM
doesn't os x do this already?
cy guyMar 8th 2007 7:35AM
Dwayne,
If you have a PC with a modem and a second phone line, then you can fax the documents to your PC and use the program discussed above to save the incoming Fax files to PDF.
Ogbu AjikeMar 8th 2007 2:12PM
I am really interested in this software and would like to have a try at it. How could it be made available so that I could replace my Adobe pdf reader?
By your description it sounds cute and fine.
MikeMar 8th 2007 2:13PM
As already stated, Mac OS has been able to do this from any print dialogue box for years. And Preview (Apple's PDF and image viewer) opens up in a second. Strange to us the things you Windows users deal with...
-bob-Mar 16th 2007 8:50AM
OpenOffice, anyone? One click conversion of whatever is open.
WAtkinsMay 7th 2007 11:13AM
I have a friend on Mac OS 8.6. Is there any free software that he can use to create a PDF from ClarisWorks? He can't afford to upgrade:-( but needs to the ability to create PDFs.