[AT] Now PDF Files

[Ken Knierim]

There are also some features available from Adobe for doing PDF stuff
online. Check out:

http://createpdf.adobe.com/?Language=ENU

The part about setting it up as a printer is nice. I have that with
Quickbooks but this is a standalone product. So between Quickbooks,
OpenOffice (which I use for most things with my business) and a Dell
all-in-one printer, scanner, fax, copier that outputs to PDF, I have most of
my document needs handled without the costly packages. We unplugged the fax
machine several years back and email PDF's instead. If someone requires a
printout, they can do it from the PDF.

Taking things out of a PDF can be painful. There are tools on my linux
machine I can use for that but haven't really needed to do go that route so
far. I have seen some conversion programs like:

http://www.print-driver.com/download/

That one is a free download for individual use.

Hope this helps.

Ken in AZ



On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Larry Goss <rlgoss at insightbb.com> wrote:

> The bottom line is that absolutely FREE PDF files have been available in
> DOS and Windows for years.  It has been an "unadvertised feature" that has
> been buried in bowels of the system operating manuals.  What you're paying
> for (with all the various software titles) is a convenient user interface.
> Somewhere along the line the amount of control that you demand of what you
> can do with the resulting file will determine whether you do it "cheap,
> fast, and dirty" or with some finesse.  If you have need for de-compiling
> PDF to revert to word processor, need  accurate OCR, etc, then the options
> for how you do that becomes very narrow.
>
> Larry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dean Van Peursem <deanvp at att.net>
> Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010 23:10
> Subject: Re: [AT] Now PDF Files
> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group' <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >
>
> > Mark,
> >
> > There is a free program called "Open Office" which is equivalent
> > to MS Office that handles PDF files
> > very nicely.
> >
> > http://www.openoffice.org/
> >
> >
> >
> > Dean VP
> > Apache Junction, AZ
> >
> > When everyone is thinking the same, someone's not thinking!----
> > General Patton
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
> > bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf
> > Of Mark Greer
> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 8:54 PM
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> RE: Garden tractor???
> >
> > Professor,
> > Are you aware of any programs that allow a person to rea$onably
> > create .pdf
> > files? In my job I deal with a huge number of manufacturers
> > catalogs that I
> > download in .pdf format. I often need to send a page or two out
> > of these
> > catalogs to a customer and I'd like to be able to pull a page or
> > two from
> > the catalog and create a .pdf from that I can email or include
> > on a CD with
> > a bill of materials that I specify for a customer. I know Adobe
> > Acrobat will
> > do this but I really don't want to spend $300 of my own money to
> > have this
> > at work and my boss is too damn cheap to buy it for us.
> > Mark Greer
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 11:07 AM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> RE: Garden tractor???
> >
> >
> > Slicks = drag racer.
> >
> > Here's something to make you all salivate.
> >
> > http://steampunkworkshop.com/skinner-unaflow-steam-engine-needs-
> > new-home
> >
> > Larry
> >
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