So............. I've always had Adobe Acrobat... it was always free.... or rather, at least, I had the free version... I have v.8.3.1 and on the Adobe site they say they are no longer supporting v.8
But it looks to me like there's no free version of v.9 or v.10 -
Is this really so? Are the really making everyone pay for this basic s/w - ?
seems odd
or am missing something?
(yes, I know there are other PDF creators etc but I am interested in Adobe)
The reader is still free. I am at version 10. Update less than a week ago, I'd say.
Yes, it's free here (http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html), but that's only the reader. It does seem as if you have to pay for the Acrobat.
Yes, I know the reader is free. But I use the Acrobat add-ons for printing PDFs from IE, ie. when shopping I retain a copy of the transaction. It is also a printer option in my print function.
Peeved that they have stopped it being free.
I know you're not looking for other PDF thingies, but it's worth trying out PDF creator (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/), because it'll also make image files like .jpg. I use it a lot.
Beware - it may try to install adware, but you can refuse it no problem.
Yes, I have PDF creator bookmarked. Glad to know it works ok.
That's a shame. It's always been there whenever I needed it. Oh well, off to use other products, I suppose. My pride and joy is a proggie that converts .doc into .pdf, complete with pdf bookmarks. That's come in handy many times.
Newer version of Word have a doc-to-pdf converter feature.
Quote from: Roland Deschain on May 23, 2012, 06:19:31 PM
That's a shame. It's always been there whenever I needed it. Oh well, off to use other products, I suppose. My pride and joy is a proggie that converts .doc into .pdf, complete with pdf bookmarks. That's come in handy many times.
what is the program?
Quote from: Swatopluk on May 23, 2012, 08:18:52 PM
Newer version of Word have a doc-to-pdf converter feature.
yes, works reasonably well
Quote from: Griffin NoName on May 23, 2012, 09:01:49 PMwhat is the program?
I use DocSmartz Platinum (LINK (http://www.docsmartz.net/docsmartz_platinum.asp)). It's normally $140, but is currently "only" $70, which is expensive, but I was given a license for free (an old job perk i've retained after leaving ;D ). I've never had to use free software for conversion to .pdf, so can't recommend anything specific for you. :(
Caliber (the eBook manager package) can convert to/from PDF's... I think. It's conversion engines are pretty comprehensive.
But you can't embed Calibre as an add-on to IE.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on May 26, 2012, 02:03:43 AM
But you can't embed Calibre as an add-on to IE.
Some would consider that a plus.
:D
Very funny.
Have discovered I own PDF Converter by Scansoftt/Nuance, but v.v.old version 3.0 - i's up to v.50 zillion by now. So prob. mine won't launch on Vista. And anyway, it's the wrong way round. ie. pdf->x not x->pdf