PDF and Alternatives to Acrobat ... PDFill Editor ???

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Elchanan,

 

PDFill is a PDF editor, not a PDF creator. The pdfmark issue is with PDF
creators. They need to read the pdfmark code that FrameMaker embeds in the
PostScript stream to create bookmarks, links, etc. as the PDF file is
created. They do have a free PDF Writer, but it is not clear if it supports
pdfmark. But it would easy enough to try it. Use it to make a PDF from a
FrameMaker document and see if you get bookmarks, links from your xrefs,
etc.

 

Rick

 

Rick Quatro

Carmen Publishing Inc.

585-283-5045

rick at frameexpert.com

 

 

 

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of VLM TechSubs
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 1:34 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: PDF and Alternatives to Acrobat ... PDFill Editor ???

 

Hi everyone,

A while ago, we had this discussion about replacements for Acrobat, from a
FrameMaker perspective. Seemed like not much was available. At the time,
Rick mentioned that any replacement would need to provide support for
PDFmarks PostScript code (if I have that correct). So I wrote off to various
vendors. Most had either never heard of this or do not support it. But one
vendor, PDFill (see below), sent back this link to look at:

http://www.pdfill.com/pdf_batch_command.html#9 

Rick (and others :), I don't know enough to know whether this information
has any connection at all with PDFmarks PostScript code. Would you (anyone
with the expertise) be willing to take a look ... it's quite brief, I think.

 

Thank you kindly,

Elchanan

  _____  

From: VLM TechSubs [mailto:TechSubs at VibrantLivingMinistries.org] 
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 5:27 PM
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?]

 

There is also PDFill PDF Editor,
<https://www.pdfill.com/pdf_tools_free.html>
https://www.pdfill.com/pdf_tools_free.html. 

Elchanan

 

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Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 5:23 PM

To: 'Syed Zaeem Hosain ( <mailto:Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>
Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)'; '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?]

 

What about PDF Creator,  <http://www.pdfforge.org/>
http://www.pdfforge.org/?  

 

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<mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com>
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Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:20 PM

To: Shmuel Wolfson;  <mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com>
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/>
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

 

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Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 9:41 AM

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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

    <http://www.acrosoftware.com/Products/CutePDF/Printer.asp>
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)

    <http://www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4100140>
www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4100140

   Creates bookmarks and links from Word.

 

- Nitro Pro ($119.99)

    <http://www.nitropdf.com> www.nitropdf.com

   Creates bookmarks and links from Word.

 

- Nuance PDF Converter Pro ($99.99)

 

- Jaws PDF Creator ($64)

    <http://www.jawspdf.com/products.html> 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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