Free PDF Writer? Trial?

kazzaw

Anyone recommend a free PDF file writer or free trial?

Astaroth

What sort of document do you want to convert to PDF?

OpenOffice allows you to save its documents (basically word/ excel/ powerpoint etc) to PDF format and is free.

Alternatively you can get a PDF "Printer" which has the benefit of allowing you to create a PDF from any program at all. I used a free trial of one of these from http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-20&qt=PDF%20printer&tag=srch (cant remember which one it was) and it was very good but as a free trial it added an additional page to the end of the converted document with a footer saying "created by.... get at http://...." wasnt a problem for what I wanted it for but may not be appropriate for some uses

shopbot

I use PDF reDirect and it's recommended.Try www.download.com or www.tucows.com for it.

Marty999

I have tried several of these freebie PDF writers and the one I like is called PDF Creator. It does not bother you with any advertising straplines or splash screens. Highly recommended.

f1charlie

https://www.pdf995.com

jampton

another vote for pdf 995 - I have it installed on my work machine - works just like the writer from adobe IMHO except it's free and there is a small advert after every print

mediaman

Try cute pdf writer I use it at work, easy to use free download. There are two files to download but straight forward to install. No nag screens or pop ups.

Stompa

http://www.primopdf.com/

OriginalDon

Stompa wrote:

http://www.primopdf.com/

Have been using that for 2 years now. I would second that a professional application that is easy to use and is FREE.

The_Saving_Man

I've tried downloading a pdf writer to my laptop, but for some reason it would download the printer drivers and I keep getting error messages to tell me this. I've tried it with cute, pdf creator and even the adobe free 30 day trial. It's really annoying because I would like a pdf writer.

Any suggestions?

winny_2

Are you logged in with administrator privileges? If not it may be an issue installing a new printer driver without sufficient permissions to do so.