PDF and Alternatives to Acrobat [WAS Re: Where on Adobe is the info/link to renew my maintenance contract for FrameMaker?]

[Matt Sullivan]

For anyone who has access to Macintosh software, PDF creation is native on the last few Mac OS.

-Matt

Matt R. Sullivan 
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On Apr 4, 2013, at 4:20 PM, "Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)" <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the list! It will help me during my evaluations soon. An addition to your list:
> 
> "easyPDF" from BCL Technologies ($29.95)
> http://www.pdfonline.com/easypdf/pdf-printer/
> 
> And I think, but not sure, that Pdf995 costs ($9.95) to get "without a sponsor page" ... all their tools cost this, hence the "995" in the name. :) Their "PdfEdit995" and "PdfSignature995" products adds the capability to add combine/extract pages, encryption, etc.
> 
> Z
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 9:41 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: PDF and Alternatives to Acrobat {WAS Re: Where on Adobe is the info/link to renew my maintenance contract for FrameMaker?]
> 
> I apologize if this is off topic, but here is a list of Acrobat alternatives. (Please feel free to send me corrections or updates.)
> 
> Free:
> 
> - A free plug-in is available for Word 2007; comes with 2010
> 
> - Bullzip PDF Printer
> 
> - PDF995
> 
> - PrimoPDF
> 
> - CutePDF
>   www.acrosoftware.com/Products/CutePDF/Printer.asp
> 
> - Create PS file using any PS printer, then use GSview to convert to
>   PDF (GSview requires GhostScript, also free)
> 
> Not Free (prices are as of Sep 27, 2012):
> 
> - PDF Fusion ($49.99)
>   www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4100140
>   Creates bookmarks and links from Word.
> 
> - Nitro Pro ($119.99)
>   www.nitropdf.com
>   Creates bookmarks and links from Word.
> 
> - Nuance PDF Converter Pro ($99.99)
> 
> - Jaws PDF Creator ($64)
>   www.jawspdf.com/products.html
>   Creates bookmarks and links from Word, but does not support
>   Windows 7; probably not Windows 8 either.
> 
> Regards,
> Shmuel Wolfson
> Technical Writer
> 052-763-7133
> 
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