Who does not recognize the PDF (Portable Document Format) files nwadays? PDF files have become the standard in transferring documents over the Internet and across several Operating Systems. PDF allows you to conserve the look and feel of your document, even if you are viewing it on Linux, Windows or any other OS.
The most common way of creating a PDF document on a computer is to install a PDF printer driver on your computer and then use your default word processor to 'print' to PDF format. Here are some of the best software availble to create PDF files.
CutePDF Writer - Free PDF Converter/Convertor/Editor/Creator/Maker/Printer Driver
This piece of software acts as a printer driver and allows you to print to PDF file from any application which supports printing. However, you need to download a third-party convertor like Ghostscript to be able to convert the original source of the document to PDF. This software is free and runs under Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista.
doPDF - Free PDF Converter/Convertor/Editor/Creator/Maker/Printer Driver
doPDF is a PDF printer driver, which allows you to create a PDF file from any application from which you can print. You have some control over the output PDF file. You can change your page size, you can define the page resolution, create searcheable PDF files and more. This software works on NT-based Windows systems, i.e. Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista.
GhostScript - Free PDF Converter/Convertor/Editor/Creator/Maker/Printer Driver
This software takes Postscript as an input file and converts it to a PDF file or vice-versa. This software is released under the GNU GPL License and is cross-platform, meaning it runs on Windows, Linux, Unix, BSD, MAC OS X and more.
Gymnast - Free PDF Converter/Convertor/Editor/Creator/Maker/Printer Driver
This software allows you to convert ASCII text documents to PDF. It can embed bookmarks/links and annotation inside the document for conversion. This software is an abandonware and runs on Windows 95, 98, ME and Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista.
PDF4Free - Free PDF Converter/Convertor/Editor/Creator/Maker/Printer Driver
This software acts as a PDF printer for you to print your PDF files from any application supporting printing. You can customize the paper size, author information and more, but however, all your documents are labelled with 'PDF4Free'. The worst part of the license is that you can only use it for personal and non-commercial use. This software works on Windows.
pdf995 - Free PDF Converter/Convertor/Editor/Creator/Maker/Printer Driver
This software is one of thebest PDF creators out there. It works as a printer driver but you have full power over the creation of your PDF document such as page size, merging of several files into one PDF file, insert bookmarks/links and more. You can even convert from PDF to HTML or .doc (MS Word formant). However, this is an ad-supported software. This means that each time you run it, an ad is show. This software works on Windows.
PDFCreator - Free PDF Converter/Convertor/Editor/Creator/Maker/Printer Driver
This software is a virtual printer software which allows you to print to a PDF file from any application that supports printing. You can merge several files together to form one single PDF one and you can do loads of other things like encrypting your PDF files to prevent copying of content, etc. This software is released under the GNU GPL License and runs on all Windows versions, starting from Windows 95. (Recommended!)
PrimoPDF - Free PDF Converter/Convertor/Editor/Creator/Maker/Printer Driver
This is a PDF printer driver. It allows you to print from any application supporting printing. You can print your documents with several options availble like merging of several files and more. This software works on Windows.
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