PDFs, How to Create Them and How to Break Them Down.
Quite often I am asked, “how can I turn my document into a PDF” or “I have a file that needs to be changed but it is a PDF file and I don’t have any way to edit it.”
These are common challenges and until recently, in order to resolve the issue you usually had to go out and purchase expensive software. Well, those days are gone.
Enter CutePDF Writer. CutePDF Writer is basically a printer that instead of printing out paper, it prints out PDF files. It allows you to take any file, document or webpage (anything you can print) and turn it into a PDF file. And the best part, IT IS FREE!!! Here is the link to download the program. http://www.cutepdf.com/download/CuteWriter.exe
Once you have installed the CutePDF Writer program, when you’re ready to create a PDF, you just go to the print menu, select the CutePDF Writer and click Print. Follow any prompts from there and presto! You have a PDF file.
Now, when you want to go the other way, that is, turn a PDF file into a Word or RTF (Rich Text Format) document, there is a FREE service that will do all of the work for you. Go to http://www.pdftoword.com.
All you have to do is upload your PDF file, select the output (.doc or .rtf, I recommend .doc), enter in your e-mail address and then click the “Convert” button.
Within a few minutes (yes, it does take some time) you will then receive an e-mail with your converted file.
So while PDFs are a great way to send information in a nice, neat little package, not everyone loves them. Now, you can, with these two great tools.
I was a big user of Cute FTP and found the product to be very good. Now that I know that they do a PDF Maker I might switch over. Currently we use Nuance PDF Creator. It’s OK, but can be annoying due to installation and activation issue as well as some runtime bugs they haven’t worked out yet.