Converting to PDF

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I have a PDF conversion program from Docudesk that worked very well back in
the Windows XP days. Now I cannot convert MS word, Desktop Publisher, or
Excel files to PDF. Docudesk cannot seem to help me.
Any suggestions on how or where I can find a PDF program that will work?
 
CutePDF (free) works well with me - just a generic print driver. I tried out
loads of the free ones and failed to get any bit this one working. hope it
helps
 
If you are using Office 2007 you can download the Microsoft addin to save as
PDF or XPS, works extremely well.

Otherwise try Primo PDF Free, it currently is not designed for Vista, but we
found it works OK from Office 2003 with Vista.

Regards
Stuart
 
back in the Windows XP days

WHAT????? XP is alive and thriving ...

XP is better than vista.. in a quadrillion ways
 
I have a PDF conversion program from Docudesk that worked very well back in
the Windows XP days. Now I cannot convert MS word, Desktop Publisher, or
Excel files to PDF. Docudesk cannot seem to help me.
Any suggestions on how or where I can find a PDF program that will work?
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OpenOffice.org
 
I am a huge Vista fan, but I can name a few ways (not a quadrillion) XP is
better than Vista. 99% of them involve older hardware or programs. A lot of
people don't have a need to upgrade. They use their PC for email, web
browsing and word processing. That's it. They have an older Celeron 433 with
256 MB of RAM. Won't run Vista, and they have no reason to buy a brand new
computer. Sure, it's slow, but it gets the job done.

Or a company with a custom piece of software that won't run on Vista. XP is
the better choice if the software runs on it.

Other than that, Vista is a LOT better than XP. But, it's not for everyone.
It will eventually take over the majority of computers as people do upgrade
(although I still see some stubborn people running P-75's with Windows
95.... Ugg.). Of course, I can say Linux is better than Vista, and I'd be
right. It is a better OS for some things (a lot of scientific apps,
especially!). MacOS is better at other things. As a Vista fan, I won't
dismiss other OS's as being inferior, but I do believe that Vista is the
superior OS for what I use it for: games, word processing, programming
(Linux is good, but little gaming), web development (MacOS is good at this,
but little gaming). It's not so much the OS being superior, it's what you do
with it.

If XP is a quadrillion ways better than Vista, how come I can't use DX10?
That's what I want. So Vista > XP. :)

--
Dustin Harper
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http://www.vistarip.com

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Depending on whether you are willing to pay for something or if you are
looking for a freebie....I use a program from a company called Nuance called
PDF Converter Professional that does everything you can imagine with PDF
files. Its very cool, it will even take an existing PDF and turn it into
and excel file or Word document. I am running it on my Vista 64Bit version
with no problems so far.
 
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I have a PDF conversion program from Docudesk that worked very well back in
the Windows XP days. Now I cannot convert MS word, Desktop Publisher, or
Excel files to PDF. Docudesk cannot seem to help me.
Any suggestions on how or where I can find a PDF program that will work?
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Aside from the Microsoft solution, doPDF is the freeware version of a
very capable Vista-compatible PDF generator. It's what I use at home,
and we're looking at the paid version for the office.
 
The download page for this does NOT list Vista as a supported OS. Does the
converter in fact work under Vista?
 
Frank Teltsch said:
The download page for this does NOT list Vista as a supported OS. Does the
converter in fact work under Vista?
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Works fine for me in Vista.
 
Stuart Forshaw said:
If you are using Office 2007 you can download the Microsoft addin to save
as PDF or XPS, works extremely well.

Otherwise try Primo PDF Free, it currently is not designed for Vista, but
we found it works OK from Office 2003 with Vista.

Regards
Stuart
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I have Primo PDF with Office 2003 and Vista. However, whenever I create a
file using it, then try to open it, I get the message 'Adobe Reader could
not open ...... because it is either not a supported file type or because
the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment
and wasn't correctly decoded)'. I have Adobe Reader 7.0. Any idea why this
might be and anything I could do to fix it?

TIA,
Ian
 
My ex's parents still run Windows 95 and Office 97 ;)

Heck her grandparents still have a 386 with Windows 3.11

Their excitement comes from good old BOWEP (Best of Windows Entertainment
Pack)

Chips Challenge & SkiFree here I come ;)
 
Hi Ian

We have tried using Primo PDF with Office 2003 and Vista, with no problems,
however we do use Adobe Reader v8.0.

Adobe Reader v7.0 is not vista compatible, I suggest that you try
downloading the latest version and see how you go.

Please post back if I can help further.

Regards
Stuart
 
Dustin:

Since you are a hugh Vista fan, I need your advise. How do I convert MS
word files into PDF??????
Or are you a Vista fan because all you are concerned with are games?
 
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