How to create PDF Files?

August 22, 2008 at 1:00 am · Filed under How to, Software, Tips - written by Roshan Jonnalagadda

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What is a PDF File?

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document exchange. PDF is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system.

Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout 2-D document (and, with Acrobat 3-D, embedded 3-D documents) that includes the text, fonts, images, and 2-D vector graphics which the documents comprise.

PDF is an open standard that has been officially published on July 1, 2008 by the ISO as ISO 32000-1:2008.

Source: Wikipedia - PDF

You can use one of these four software which are free to create your pdf file. You can use PdfEdit995, Pdf995, PDFCreator and PDF reDirect.

PdfEdit995 is part of the Pdf995 Suite of products. As a group, they offer a complete solution for your document publishing needs, providing ease of use, flexibility in format, and industry-standard security. And all at no cost to you. Pdf995 is the fast, affordable way to create professional-quality documents in the popular PDF file format.

Pdf995 makes it easy and affordable to create professional-quality documents in the popular PDF file format. Its easy-to-use interface helps you to create PDF files by simply selecting the “print” command from any application, creating documents which can be viewed on any computer with a PDF viewer. Pdf995 supports network file saving, shared printing, Citrix/Terminal Server, custom page sizes and large format printing. Pdf995 is a printer driver that works with any Postscript to PDF converter. The pdf995 printer driver and a free Converter are available for easy download.

PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application. It supports all 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP).

PDF reDirect - The full-featured freeware alternative to PDF995 and CutePDF. It can create industry standard PDF files from any Windows application.

Please check its homepage for more features and functionalities.

Have you got any better softwares than this, if so, why not share it with our readers.