Hey all, does Adobe Acrobat allow you to change .txt, Pub. and other files to pdf format or does the file need to be created in Adobe to be a pdf file? Thanks for any info, Sean
Hey all, does Adobe Acrobat allow you to change .txt, Pub. and other files to pdf format or does the file need to be created in Adobe to be a pdf file? Thanks for any info, Sean
You can not just change the extension of a file to .pdf to make a pdf. You need Adobe or other program to create PDF's. I use a free program called cutePDF. It acts like a printer. You open a document you want to create a pdf and instead of selecting your normal printer, select the cutePDF printer.
I think there are several free programs that will convert Word and other files to .pdf, but the resulting .pdf file is normally not editable in .pdf format. I use one a lot to convert Word documents to be emailed in .pdf format in order to hide the metadata.
Most of the software I use will publish to PDF and depending on how you set them up they can be editable. (if you have the right software)
Some software I use that has this feature includes Corel, Engravlab, Quickbooks, Word, Excel.
Mike Null
St. Louis Laser, Inc.
Trotec Speedy 300, 80 watt
Gravograph IS400
Woodworking shop CLTT and Laser Sublimation
Dye Sublimation
CorelDraw X5, X7
You need to have a PDF WRITER type program. THen any software you have on your computer that you can PRINT to a printer, the PDF writer will install a Print Driver to capture the file and convert it directly to a PDF.
Standard PDF Readers do not allow changes.
HOWEVER, if the file has been LOCKED with security, you will NOT be able to either change, and/or copy, print etc.....depending on how it was setup originally and what options are selected for security.
We use Nuance PDFPlus and it works really well, faily cheap and has a OCR, for scanned documents and can convert back to MSWord, etc....
http://www.nuance.com/imaging/pdfcon...ter-create.asp
Dave W. -
Restoring an 1890 Victorian
Cuba, NY
This is what I'm trying to do. I'm going to scan a LOT of paper documents to be stored and read online. I was thinking if they were all pdf format, they would all be consistent and easy to archive online. I have a free online program that will turn them to pdf but there is a limit on the number of documents I can do in a months time. thats why i was thinking of Acrobat, which by the way i wouldn't have to pay for. The club would. Thanks, Sean
Sean,
Adobe Acrobat, not the reader, WILL input most forms of text files, most forms of spreadsheets, and most forms of graphic objects and transform them into *.pdf files.
That is what the program was designed to do.
Be aware that you should then make sure that formatting is correct, this is the one area that sometimes gets puckied up (technical term there - grin).
This would be a far better choice than an automated system as you can correct the format errors before uploading.
Mike
From the workshop under the staircase, Clinton Township, MI
Semper Audere!
Acrobat has many, many features that I don't use. I have landed on BullZIP as my PDF "printer" and Foxit instead of Adobe (less attacks and exploits).
"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg".
– Samuel Butler
It seems there are almost two questions in here. I have done a little with creating portable document files, very little.
There is confusion caused by using different platforms and different applications/programs/software to do the same thing.
One of my writing programs allows the saving of documents as a .pdf through the printing dialog. My understanding is that others do this. When one chooses print from the menu or through key strokes, a dialog like this appears:
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It gives the option to save the file as a .pdf. I have been able to change these in the past with the software that was used to create the document.
I am not sure if the Tech Support conference might garner some more information.
jim
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
One more option to look at, is Open Office.
+1 on what Eric said. Every scanner I have ever used always has the option to save as a pdf file. This is the approach I would take. If you save your documents as pdf as you scan them in, there is no further conversion needed. Seems like a no-brainer to me, unless I am missing something. (Which is a pretty common occurrence for me!)
Larry J Browning
There are 10 kinds of people in this world; Those who understand binary and those who don't.
Thanks all, my printer does a great job of saving the scans as a pdf file. I never knew. Thanks, Sean