I was going through the PDF utilities list, but its not clear which is actually the best overall, does it support creating 128 bit encrypted PDFs? for example Azureus is the most feature rich BT client and the most flexible but people also use utorrent as its lightweight on system resources and equally powerul in most ways.
PDF Utilities:
Brava! Reader - http://www.bravaviewer.com/reader.htm
Cool PDF Reader - http://www.pdf2exe.com/reader.html
CutePDF - http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Foxit PDF Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Free Image Converter - http://www.downloadhotfile.com/download-do...rter-33715.html
Free PDF - http://www.webxd.com/zipguy/frpdfdl.htm
Ghostscript/GSView - http://www.ghostscript.com/awki
PDF 995 - http://www.pdf995.com/
pdf24-creator - http://www.pdf24.org/en/pdf24-creator.htm
PDF/Textbox - http://www.pdftextbox.com/default.aspx
PDFCreator - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
PDFTK Builder - http://www.angusj.com/pdftkb/
PDFRedirect - http://www.exp-systems.com/
PrimoPDF - http://www.primopdf.com/
Wikipedia - List of PDF software
Can I please know what you guys prefer to use, is it one utility for reading and writing? or two seperate apps?
This post has been edited by RADicaLMMS: Jun 6 2007, 11:49
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IncidentFlux  Group: Registered Posts: 171 Joined: 13-March 02 From: Ajman, United Arab Emirates Member No.: 10,692 
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| Post #2 Jun 6 2007, 11:17 | |
Sold his soul for some megahurtz  Group: Registered Posts: 6,445 Joined: 10-August 03 From: The End of the Universe Member No.: 34,215
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I use foxit to read PDF's. It doesn't have writing capabilities, but it's really really really quick (less than 1 second load in most cases for me, even 1000+ page PDF's).
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| Post #3 Jun 6 2007, 11:30 | |
Proud European  Group: Registered Posts: 1,538 Joined: 27-January 05 From: Kent, UK, EU Member No.: 93,295
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I use Foxit to read. PrimoPDF to save PDF's via a virtual printer.
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Neowinian Senior  Group: Banned Posts: 2,595 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Indianapolis, IN (USA) Member No.: 62,595
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Foxit for reading and Word 2007 for writing.
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I friend you.  Group: Registered Posts: 4,906 Joined: 4-October 03 From: Sydney AUS Member No.: 36,995
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Best PDF reader now would be PDF-XChange PDF Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/pdfx_viewer/
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Neowinian Super Cool   Group: +MVC Posts: 15,959 Joined: 4-July 02 From: Schaumburg, IL Member No.: 14,624
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I just grabbed the XChange.. tell you what, it does look pretty slick! The typewriter without having to have the propack
 or evaluation marks is nice!!Just started looking at - but tell you want, from a quick look, it might be better than foxit.. Seem their website needs a bit of work, was not seeing any of the images on the viewer section?? And the download I had to right click to work, etc. As to a creator - I would vote for PDFcreator http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator |
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Neowinian Senior Group: Registered Posts: 3,067 Joined: 13-February 06 From: Belgium Member No.: 156,013
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reading: foxit
writing: word2007/openoffice (at least for simple pdf documents) |
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Neowinian UNSTOPPABLE Group: Registered Posts: 6,556 Joined: 8-June 03 From: Queensland, Australia Member No.: 30,282
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PDF Creator won't work on Vista (perhaps just me, but please confirm anyway), so I just use Foxit and the PDF addon for Office 2007.
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You are my freedom! Jesus You're the reason! Group: Registered Posts: 4,893 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Singapore Member No.: 33,791
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Thumbs up for Foxit!
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Neowinian³  Group: Registered Posts: 432 Joined: 7-July 04 From: MA Member No.: 61,658
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PDF-XChange PDF Viewer looks really sweet and has tabs, a nice touch. Acrobat Read 8 is actually decent, much better than previous version. And for a creator, I say the best is PDFCreator.
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Quote - (CoolCatBad @ Jun 6 2007, 19:40) [snapback]588606363[/snapback] Best PDF reader now would be PDF-XChange PDF Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/pdfx_viewer/ 
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Quote - (ozgeek @ Jun 6 2007, 07:56) [snapback]588606473[/snapback] PDF Creator won't work on Vista (perhaps just me, but please confirm anyway), so I just use Foxit and the PDF addon for Office 2007. Check their forums. |
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Neowinian Senior Group: Registered Posts: 3,134 Joined: 3-May 03 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 27,423
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I use Foxit.. very quick to open
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IncidentFlux Group: Registered Posts: 171 Joined: 13-March 02 From: Ajman, United Arab Emirates Member No.: 10,692
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Alright, among PDF writers which is the best?
1. PDFcreator - http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator 2. PDF4Free - http://www.pdfpdf.com/pdf4free.html 3. CutePDF Writer - http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/Writer.asp 4. pdf24-creator - http://www.pdf24.org/en/pdf24-creator.htm 5. PrimoPDF - http://www.primopdf.com/ 6. PDFRedirect - http://www.exp-systems.com/ |
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Neowinian  Group: Registered Posts: 10 Joined: 22-December 06 From: Amsterdam Member No.: 191,555
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For a long time i like PDF creator. But recently i tried Bullzip PDF printer and that works also great. It got a lot of nice extra features like merging with your template for letters.
7. Bullzip PDFcreator - http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php Features * Print to PDF from almost any Windows program. * Supports 64-bit operatings systems. * Direct output to the same file each time or prompt for destination. * Control if the printer should ask if you want to see the resulting PDF document. * Control output and prompts programmatically. * Setup can run unattended. * Graphical user interface. * Password protect PDF documents. * 128/40 bit encryption. * Quality settings (screen, printer, ebook, prepress). * Set document properties. * Watermark text, size, rotation, and transparency. * Supreimpose/background documents. * Appending/prepending documents. * User interface control. * Command line interface to all settings. * COM/ActiveX interface for programmatic control. * Support for Citrix MetaFrame * Support for Windows Terminal Server |
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