Recommend a PDF Creater with Zero Install?

homer911 · 09-09-2009 09:23AM #1

Can anyone recommend a PDF Creater with zero-install for use with MS Office?

zAbbo · 09-09-2009 09:26AM

I like Primo PDF, it's a print driver - so you can create in Word as normal and just print it PDF. - http://www.primopdf.com/

//Edit - notice you said zero install, maybe try Google Docs, or something like http://www.pdfonline.com/convert-pdf/

Fysh · 09-09-2009 09:50AM

Another alternative to Primo is CutePDF (which is basically a print driver interface for PS2PDF). But that requires installation, so probably isn't what you want.

If you're looking for something to work with Office, I would point out that Office 2007 has this addon available (which to my knowledge is supposed to be included in Office 2007 SP2). That might be your best bet. There's no equivalent for Office 2003, unfortunately.

(Not directly relevant to thread but may also be useful - the Sun Office ODF Plugin lets you save .odt files in Office)

homer911 · 09-09-2009 09:32PM

Thanks guys

I'm going to try OpenOffice Portable - It has a Save as PDF option.

I have the Save as PDF option in Excel, but whatever version is installed on my machine in work has problems with scaling graphics and graphs. What looks perfect in Print Preview is not scaled to fit at all when saved as PDF resulting in truncation of the page!

mukki · 16-09-2009 08:01AM

when googling stuff that you want to use with out installing try adding standalone or portable to the search

Capt'n Midnight · 16-09-2009 01:20PM

http://portableapps.com/

Recommend a PDF Creater with Zero Install?

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