PDF files.

[AtomicRISK]

Is there anyway of making pdf files without using acrobat creator?

 

[Code4]

I don't think so Tim

 

[Skibbi9]

yes, search

 

[Kid Antrim]

Is there anyway of making pdf files without using acrobat creator?

Yes.

 

[Sir Lucius]

illustrator can save as pdf I'm pretty sure.

 

[daxMaximum]

tons of way

There is tons of ways. I literally have created two systems that create pdf reports on the fly. One uses a crystal report adapation (.NET) the other uses a add-on application, (HTMLDOC). But then there is pdfCreator, and a whole lot of other crap.

 

[Thingfish]

www.openoffice.org

 

[Kid Antrim]

Acrobat 6 Pro does a nice job.

 

[LoOnY911]

id like to take this chance to say i hate adobe acrobat reader and most pdf files.

 

[Thingfish]

id like to take this chance to say i hate adobe acrobat reader and most pdf files.

amen ...

 

[KellyMonaco]

PDF is an awesome system. It's true Adobe has a serious hold on it (creating it and all), but there are several decent open-source alternatives.

 

[fartiusstinkius]

PDF is an awesome system. It's true Adobe has a serious hold on it (creating it and all), but there are several decent open-source alternatives.

I never knew there were alternatives. I just always thought it was a file type that was only associated with Acrobat because of patents and stuff.

 

[Thingfish]

Most PDFs are too clunky and slow to load. There's too much control by the creator over how it's displayed. And since anything can be PDF-ed, no thought is given to whether they _ought_ to be PDF-ed. Bah!

 

[Kid Antrim]

Most PDFs are too clunky and slow to load. There's too much control by the creator over how it's displayed. And since anything can be PDF-ed, no thought is given to whether they _ought_ to be PDF-ed. Bah!

That's the whole point. You lay things out so that they look the same every time.

There's not a lot of thought that goes onto many many webpages, so what's the difference between that and a pdf in that regard?