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[ToO LaZy ^*]

heyas
how do you convert .doc files or any text files into .PDF files?
what program do i use?
i need it coz some of my .doc files are too big and someone told me that this program compresses it or seomthing...

 

[sunny]

There are a number of tools out there that can convert your files into PDF form. However most of them are not free.

PDFs can make documents smaller, but in most cases it'll just end up being larger.

Why not just zip up your documents? Do you have alot of images in your documents? Are they bitmaps (BMP)?

 

[felafel]

adobewriter is a program that lets you convert from doc to pdf

 

[ToO LaZy ^*]

oh cool..
is it at the adobe site?

 

[ToO LaZy ^*]

Originally posted by sunny
There are a number of tools out there that can convert your files into PDF form. However most of them are not free.

PDFs can make documents smaller, but in most cases it'll just end up being larger.

Why not just zip up your documents? Do you have alot of images in your documents? Are they bitmaps (BMP)?

yeah...most of the images are scanned in so when i zip them, it hardly makes a difference...ie 4kb difference

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by ToO LaZy ^*
oh cool..
is it at the adobe site?

Adobe Writer isn't freeware, you have to purchase it.

 

[ToO LaZy ^*]

daanng

 

[anti]

converting to pdf means that the layout etc won't change when you send it to your friends that's what makes it so useful..

look for a pdf conversion program on google. there are a few freeware ones out there. they usually make you 'print' to a file

 

[ToO LaZy ^*]

aiiit...

 

[fatmuscle]

www.cutepdf.com
www.fineprint.com
www.adobe.com (website version 5 free)
www.adobe.com (the $600 software)

 

[Rahul]

thumbs up for cutepdf, someone suggested it to me from these forums a while back, and i have always used it...it doesnt leave a watermark, where are fineprint does.

 

[ErgoSum]

I suggest openoffice.org, its a hefty download but its a completely free alternative to office that should be able to open up 99% of word .doc files with no problems and has a export to pdf function built in that i use myself for uni work and which works perfectly

 

[fatmuscle]

yeah, openoffice.org! our saviour after staroffice decided to charge!!!

 

[sunny]

I have to agree....openoffice is fantastic for lots of things. But be prepared for only 98%* compatibility with your word files

<* random figure from my brain farting>

 

[santaslayer]

one question here, how would you convert pdf files into word files?

 

[fatmuscle]

i think theres a program called

pdf2word ???

or... copy + paste!

it is possible to
print the PDF
then OCR it, and open it in Word.

 

[santaslayer]

hmm..... copy and paste.....anyones nightmare..aarrggghhh
but thx for the filename , i'll go check it out!

 

[fatmuscle]

copy and paste works fine for me!

 

[santaslayer]

Not when its a 100+ double paged case!
arfghhhhh.....LoLz

 

[inasero]

how do i copy and paste in adobe acrobat?