PDF is an open source freeware tool that allows you to easily create PDFs from just about any windows program. All you need is a printer drive that applies with its installation.
PDFCreator is extremely easy to use. After the software installs its printer drive, all you need is to open any program, press 'print' and choose "PDFCreator" from the rolled menu.
After choosing PDFCreator front the list, a window opens and asks for details (such as name, location, option to add password atc) of the PDF.
PDFCreator is a freeware so all you will need is just to install and use as much as you want with no need to register.
Here are some features that make PDFCreator so useful:
- Multilingual Support
PDFCreator supports many languages so that the software interface could change to your own language, which will make the use much easier. More and more language are offered in the software's website so if you can't find the wanted language, you could check there for updates.
- Interface
PDFCreator's interface is easy to use and has all options in one window, so you could customize it for every document you create. The options are saved after every use, so you don't have to repeat them if not needed.
- Password protected option
PDFCreator allows you to add a password to the PDF you're creating and with that allowing the document to be protected from opening and adding changes.
- Converting From any program
PDFCreator can easily convert a PDF file from almost any windows program, simply by allowing it to be "printed" as a PDF file.
- Print Monitor
The program operates just like a printer. You can view the status of the conversion with the PDFCreator print monitor (which can be found at the 'printers' folder in the "start" menu or in the "system tray") and you may also delete it if desired.
Key Features:
- Create PDFs from any program that is able to print
- Security: Encrypt PDFs and protect them from being opened, printed etc.
- Send generated files via eMail
- Create more than just PDFs: PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, PCX, PS, EPS
- AutoSave files to folders and filenames based on Tags like Username, Computername, Date, Time etc.
- Merge multiple files into one PDF
- Easy Install: Just say what you want and everything is installed
- Terminal Server: PDFCreator also runs on Terminal Servers without problems
- And the best: PDFCreator is free, even for commercial use! It is Open Source and released under the Terms of the GNU General Public License.
Requirements: Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/XP
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PDFCreator 0.9.3 Released
There are several improvements, for example is Ghostscript now generally available as actual GPL version, so the AFPL version will be dropped.
Further autors have improved the user interface by bringing some options that were only available in the hidden settings to the user interface and the COM Interface and the examples have been enhanced.