Looking for - PDF creator software (freeware) ?

[vhelp]

Hi all - (late night for me)

Does anyone know of a good .PDF creator app ??

Here is what I would like to PDF:

* Excel spread sheets (not too complicated, just some cells colored)
* Word or Wordpad documents (*.rtf and *.txt) format.
* And, to mix Excel converted pdf with Word (*.rtf/*.txt) converted pdf as one.
* minimal graphics, if any (ie, screen captures to a word doc)
* ease of use
* and, freeware

Thank you all for any suggestions,
-vhelp 3405

[burnman99]

Open Office should do all of the above. PDFCreator should at least be able to create the .pdf files. Both are open source.

Later!

Rog

[redwudz]

Here's one, though I never tried it. http://www.go2pdf.com/product.html
I found a bunch with a Google search for 'freeware pdf creator'.

[Poppa_Meth]

IMO OpenOffice is crappy for converting to PDF. It gets all screwed up with HTML files, putting graphics far out of place. For plain text it works fine.

[greymalkin]

try open office. you might be surprised at what you can get for FREE.

it's java based so the initial loading of the program takes a bit but other than that i think it's a great peice of software with the ability to make pd files built right in. To get MS Office w/ PDF integration (from adobe of course) would cost you your first born child.

[BJ_M]

PDFCreator

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

help and general forum for this also listed on that page



their website home page is here also

http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm

[HillJack]

PDFCreator

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

help and general forum for this also listed on that page



their website home page is here also

http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm

Don't forget pdftk!

[BJ_M]

Pdftk is a command line tool for a lot of things ..

pdfcreator works as a print driver ..

[vhelp]

TGIF everyone

Thanks for all your quick suggestions. Much appreciated.

I don't mind a cmd-line version, cause I can always GUI it.
But, I would prefer something that is printer-driven, like
Adobe writer. But, as long as I can save as a PDF (through
whatever (easy) mechanism, is just as fine too)

I will look into those links you all suggested. Thanks again.

-vhelp 3406

[guns1inger]

http://www.pdf995.com/

This one works as a printer driver. It produces solid results, and is free or licensed at a reasonable cost. The catch - the free version loads an advertisement in a browser window after creation. It is not spyware. The ad is installed as part of the installer - it does not go to the internet at all. You can delete these files and reduce the annoyance factor, or pay for a license.

Definately worth a look-see.

(I have no commercial interest in this product. I have used it myself, and recommended to a number of people who have been very happy with the results.)

[Bjs]

cuteprinter , free , dose a great job if used in conjunction with star office (no crap at top and bottom of pages)