Or download and install the free OpenOffice.Org where you can open any
MS Office user file and save it as a PDF file. Simple and Free....
Freeee....!
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choro
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On 13/12/2010 10:55, Tim Meddick wrote:
> Again, the best way to crate an Acrobat PDF file (if you haven't got
> £700 to spend on the full Acrobat Suite) is to create your document in
> Word and then use one of the third-party PDF Virtual Printers that are
> currently being distributed as freeware (Cute PDF is one).
>
> That way, you can get a very clear idea of what your PDF file is going
> to look like as a finished article - pictures and text.
>
> Otherwise, you may find that you have your pictures in too small a
> resolution to be able to gain any benefit from Acrobat Reader's zoom
> facility.
>
> The "Virtual Printer" is installed like any software and appears as an
> installed printer. When selecting to print to the Virtual Printer
> instead of your "real" one, a "Save As..." dialog appears for you to
> select a file to save a PDF document to.
>
> This is not the same as the "Print to file" check-box option, which does
> not produce any coherent results.
>
>
> Cute PDF can be obtained from :
> http://www.cutepdf.com/download/CuteWriter.exe
>
> Cute PDF Writer requires the installation of GohstScript also :
> http://www.cutepdf.com/download/converter.exe
>
> ==
>
> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
>
>
>
>
> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ie2ir8$i98$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> bm wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I am very grateful to you and others who have replied. I have learned
>>> a lot which will stand me in good stead in future.
>>> It looks that my decision to use PDF file was the best one and I sent
>>> the first trial to a friend and he tells me he read it OK but the
>>> image was very small and he couldn't increase the size.
>>> Blair
>>
>> The Acrobat Reader has a zoom function. Depending on the version,
>> it can probably magnify at least 16 times. So that could be used
>> to fix it, at the recipient's end. (Try looking in the "View" menu.)
>>
>> You should review your documents, in your own copy of Acrobat
>> Reader, before sending them. That will allow you to anticipate
>> problems, before they happen.
>>
>> I realize the latest version of Acrobat Reader is not very
>> friendly. One of the reasons I haven't upgraded, is Acrobat
>> Reader 9 has a dreadful interface. I continue to use Acrobat 6
>> version, as it is easier to use, and I'm more productive.
>> (The search function works better.) I don't know "what Adobe
>> was smoking", when they wrote version 9. It's a step backwards.
>> Sometimes I'm forced to use version 9, because the document
>> I get, won't open in 6. And I really hate having to use
>> another computing environment, to do that.
>>
>> I'm surprised your dedicated scanning program, with PDF output,
>> didn't do a better job for you. There isn't much point in
>> such a program, unless it is easy to use and produces
>> perfect results. I've converted lots of documents, using
>> half-baked free tools, and it can take many tried to
>> get all the scale, DPI, and other issues, sorted out.
>> When you pay for a program to do it, it's supposed to work :-)
>>
>> Paul
>
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