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

[Rick Quatro]

The key question to ask about these is do they support pdfMark PostScript
commands. This is the technology that FrameMaker uses to get bookmarks,
links, etc. in their PDFs. If you can't get these from the other tools, it
would be a serious limitation in my opinion.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-283-5045
rick at frameexpert.com



-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain
(Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 7:20 PM
To: Shmuel Wolfson; 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?]

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