Creating PDF files

[THESANTINI]

I've given up on creating a PDF file from an Adobe PageMaker file. Has anyone found or know of any good tutorials on how to create PDF files from a text file?

[SkyDog]

What program would you be using to create the PDF file?

[THESANTINI]

I'm not sure what I could use, but I was planning on using a *.txt (text file).

[SkyDog]

You'll need a program that can output to PDF, like Adobe Acrobat (not to be confused with Acrobat Reader). With Acrobat installed, you can create the document in just about any app you want, and then when you go to print it, you can print to the Acrobat Distiller, which lets you save the output as a PDF.

(I use it on rare occasions, but I'm not a PDF guru, so someone step in and correct me if I got a detail mixed up or something.)

[ua549]

I used to have a shareware print driver that output pdf format to a file. It worked quite well. I'll look around to see if I can find it.

*edit* There are several progs available on www.Tucows.com. Just search on pdf.

[russ_watters]

Originally posted by ua549
I used to have a shareware print driver that output pdf format to a file. It worked quite well. I'll look around to see if I can find it.

*edit* There are several progs available on www.Tucows.com. Just search on pdf.

Adobe also will convert a few for free through their website.

[THESANTINI]

err Adobe only does it 5 times for free...