cutepdf

very stable. Does the same thing.

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I've always used PDFCreator myself. I like the fact that it's open source.

http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator/

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PDFCreator is good, but also check out BullZip PDF Printer for a better interface and the ability to merge pdfs!
http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php

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cutepdf.

very stable. Does the same.

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PrimoPDF: Excellent piece of software: Does the same job, and it also adds security capabilities to the produced pdf (password to open, option to copy text or not, etc).

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chasbow:

you can just copy paste text from PDF to notepad and edit it.

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PDFTK (http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/) can be used to merge split, crypt, compress etc. It is command line tool but has a gui frontend http://www.paehl.de/pdf/?GUI_for_PDFTK

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Correction - PDFCreator will do a merge, of sorts. The Wait-Collect button uses PDFCreator's print queue manager to allow creation of a single PDF from multiple files. That's not the same as joining to an existing PDF file in all cases but it is probably a lot more efficient when you want to make one PDF of output from a number of source apps.

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@jccalhoun,

PDF keeps the formatting information intact, RTF does not. RTF is reformatted to fit the destination device and doesn't have the depth of image support which is in PDF. Most people don't have the ability to edit a PDF so it's a more secure format, so to speak. Take an RTF and a PDF of the same source to a print shop and try to make a poster. Which looks better/proper?

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Your Foxit Reader post links to the comments section of the Download.com listing of the software. The direct link to Foxit is at http://www.foxitsoftware.com/. Direct links FTW!

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I have an even better way...Get a Mac!

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Sorry. Didn't mean to have multiple messages. Email comfirmations were lagging...

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PDFCreator works well, but also checkout Bullzip PDF Printer for a better interface and the ability to merge pdf's!

http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php

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I use CutePDF and FoxiT. They are great. Why doesn't someone make an un-pdf. Here's what I mean. We often get request from people who want to edit a PDF or copy a bit out of a PDF. Why couldn't someone make a virtual printer that when one prints to it the output would be a text file? Then one could print a PDF and get text and then do whatever with the text. Is there anything out there like that?

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PrimoPDF. Excellent piece of software: does the same thing, it's free and it adds security issues to the produced pdf (i.e. passwords, option to copy text to clipboard, etc.)

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BullZip will merge but no, the interface isn't "better" if by "better" the definition is "more functional." PDFCreator supports output to multiple file formats and numerically setting the output resolution. BullZip's interface is clunky. There's no need for 5 tabs given the few actual settings. They'd all fit on one window with a smaller font and less white space.

Merge and other simple editing tasks can be done by PDF-ShellTools http://homepage.oniduo.pt/pdfe/shelltools.html It does have a stupid nag screen. If there's a functional equivalent which with no nags, please share a link to it.

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jccalhoun:

How do you convert to RTF ?

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I don't understand why anyone would want to create a pdf. They are incredibly bloated. I'm an RTF fan myself.

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Sure there are ones that have better features, but just so you know doPDF is the only one that doesn't use Ghostscript, so no additional downloads are needed. Pdf printers using ghostscript are more like an interface for ghostscript.

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Google Docs has also an option to save any doc or rtf as pdf.

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