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Let us know how it goes with the clean install; and just to be safe, restart after every change.
...and I'm pretty sure that Adobe's PDF Reader does allow one to print PDFs by any definition. In fact, the "print current view" function is really nice. You can re-size the Reader's window and magnification level - then only print the area that you can see.
Hi,
I did do a fresh install...
And as you suggest, I did reboot after every operation and created a restore point once I had removed all the programs I did not want and when Win7 was updated.
This time, everything went fine...
But I did, once more, encounter difficulties when I tried to install PDF-creator. The install failed and the screen froze... I had to shut down the laptop with the power-button.
Booting back into the system, PDF-creator was NOT installed. So I am guessing that the problem initially came from PDF-creator... which is strange because I have installed that tool on many many other PCs and laptops.
I decided to give cutewriter a try (CutePDF - The free PDF Converter, Convert to PDF for free, Free PDF Utilities.). This is another free and open PDF utility based on ghostscript. It runs fine now.
And... I persist...
You can NOT create PDFs with Acrobat Reader !
And I even went to the Adobe website for you guys:
Can I create PDF files with Adobe Reader?Adobe Acrobat PRO on the other hand is complete PDF creation solution...
Within Reader X you can access the Adobe CreatePDF service at Acrobat.com, which lets you convert up to five files for free and has monthly and annual plans available for purchase. You can also convert to PDF using Adobe Acrobat X software.
[http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/faq.html]
Thanks for your suggestions guys.
dgoo
Adobe Reader is free software that lets you open, view, search, digitally sign, verify, and print PDF files.
Adobe - Adobe Reader download - All versions
It's just as he said. He didn't say CREATE
From post #11
I see now that we are dealing with semantics here. If you are in Notepad and you want to print out some text to a file - then you are correct: Installing the Adobe Reader will not let you "print out PDFs...". Adobe's Reader does not add a virtual printer to let you create PDFs via the "printing" process.
What the rest of us are saying:
Adobe's Reader will let you print an existing PDF onto paper.
Thanks, for clearing that up.
Did you attempt to install PDFCreator in Safe Mode with Networking?
http://download.cnet.com/PDFCreator/...-10558866.html