Free pdf creators/editors

Cluent · 11 May 2010

Does anyone know of free, excellent software that can:

(1) create pdf files from any sources document; and/or

(2) merge existing pdf files, or delete pages from existing pdf files.

Many thanks for your input.

Arc · 11 May 2010

It may work I never used it PDF Converter — #1 Free PDF Creator — PrimoPDF , But the way I know is OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite . Works gr8 .

pparks1 · 11 May 2010

I use pdfcreator. PDFCreator | Get PDFCreator at SourceForge.net

It installs a print driver, so any app that can print can be pushed through pdf creator and turned into a pdf.

You cannot use it to change and modify existing PDF files though.

Cluent · 11 May 2010

Both are interesting suggestions. Does OpenOffice install a pdf printer driver, or is it just a conversion feature that can be accessed within the program?

MilesAhead · 11 May 2010

pparks1 said:

I use pdfcreator. PDFCreator | Get PDFCreator at SourceForge.net

It installs a print driver, so any app that can print can be pushed through pdf creator and turned into a pdf.

You cannot use it to change and modify existing PDF files though.

I'm using a different printer driver that does the same thing. Just wondering if there is such a thing as a print driver converter that preserves links when you convert html to pdf? I would tend to doubt it but it doesn't hurt to ask.

(I'm using BullZip PDF printer at the moment.)

Arc · 11 May 2010

Cluent said:

Both are interesting suggestions. Does OpenOffice install a pdf printer driver, or is it just a conversion feature that can be accessed within the program?

As I use it with Ubuntu, I dont know actually how it behaves with windows, but I assume it can print pdfs .

justin9875 · 11 May 2010

Cluent said:

Does anyone know of free, excellent software that can:

(1) create pdf files from any sources document; and/or

(2) merge existing pdf files, or delete pages from existing pdf files.

Many thanks for your input.

(1) Two free options I use:

a) PDFCreator - as someone else posted, installs a "printer" that you can print to from most any Windows application.

b) MS Word 2007: MS add-in to save as PDF or XPS
Link: Download details: 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS

(2) PDFTK Builder: will split PDFs into individual pages and combine any individual or groups of pages into one document. Terrific tool!
Link: http://www.angusj.com/pdftkb/

whs · 11 May 2010

PDF Converter - Convert to PDF free with doPDF

MilesAhead · 12 May 2010

whs said:

PDF Converter - Convert to PDF free with doPDF

I tried this. Plus it's familiar. I think I used it in the past. It's nearly identical to BullZip. A few settings are different. But neither preserves hyperlinks that I can see. The link has a color on it, but you can't click it to go there.

Mellon Head · 12 May 2010

whs said:

PDF Converter - Convert to PDF free with doPDF

I was using this too, but it suddenly stopped working for me. It kept saying that it couldn't work as a terminal service. No idea what happened there, so I switched to PDF Creator. That works great so far.

Bullzip is great, too, but I had some trouble getting it to work with Seven when I first upgraded from Vista. If it works better now, I might go back.