free PDF writer ??

rocker123

rocker123

Level D
Hi guys !!

I basically want to attach some excel files to a pdf.
So for that i need a pdf writer ..
can anyone please suggest a nice tool which can serve my purpose..

:huh:
 
What do you mean by attach to a PDF? Attach to an existing PDF or convert the excel file into a new PDF file?

If you want to convert to a new PDF then install cutePDF. This utility installs as a pseudo-printer in your m/c. Then you can print any file into this printer which will result in a new PDF file. I use this frequently.
 
If you are using office 2007, there is a pdf plugin, by which you can save any office file in pdf format just by save as, instead of pseudo printer.
 
i dont want to print any file to make it a pdf...
I basically want to attach multiple excel files to a pdf file as an attachment.
Cute pdf does not solve my purpose..
 
rocker123 said:
i dont want to print any file to make it a pdf...
I basically want to attach multiple excel files to a pdf file as an attachment.
Cute pdf does not solve my purpose..
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What do you mean by attachment.. I hope you know pdf file is not like an Email, where you can attach multiple files with different types...

I think you mean you want to attach multiple excel files to one...

You can probably print each file separately using any PDF Creator suggested here.. n probably combine them together using the online tool : PDF Hammer
 
iq6886 said:
You can probably print each file separately using any PDF Creator suggested here.. n probably combine them together using the online tool : PDF Hammer
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PDFCreator can bind together multiple PDF files - Just click "Wait-Collect" for everything you want to bind and from "Print monitor", right click the files and "Combine".

And I also don't think what OP is trying to achieve is possible in PDF - no file attachments inside a PDF file. Those are possible only in word-processors (Word/etc.)
 
iq6886 said:
What do you mean by attachment.. I hope you know pdf file is not like an Email, where you can attach multiple files with different types...

I think you mean you want to attach multiple excel files to one...

You can probably print each file separately using any PDF Creator suggested here.. n probably combine them together using the online tool : PDF Hammer
Click to expand...
Ok ill try again to explain you ...
See i need to submit a document to my customer...
so basically our pattern of submitting a document is to give a combined pdf of all the docs. ( let us say i need to submit my database to the customer, so the excel file which i have for the db, i convert it to pdf using cutepdf and merge other pages like a coversheet and comments and all)
But now once i have created this document in pdf, i need to attach the supporting excel files along with the pdf ( for the customers reference, need to attach the excel files also from which the DB has been prepared)
now did you get it what i mean to say ???
Have you ever used a pdf writer. It has an option to acttach files to a pdf.
And it is not a free software. :-(
 
^ That's an eye-opener. Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware of such a feature in PDF :) After reading your post, did some search and found all the programs able to do this is paid :(
Although there is a command-line open-source tool "pdftk" which could do the trick :)

Download the executable from their page and run the following command with your file names:
Code: 
[B][COLOR="Black"]pdftk [/COLOR][/B][I]input.pdf[/I] [B][COLOR="Black"]attach_files[/COLOR][/B] [I]spreadsheet.xls[/I] [B][COLOR="Black"]to_page[/COLOR][/B] [I]3[/I] [B][COLOR="Black"]output[/COLOR][/B] [I]out.pdf[/I]

I tried, and the attachment was shown in Adobe Reader with a pin and link, but Foxit Reader couldn't show the attachment.
 
^ "attach" = link + embed/bundle.

When u link, the file might be stored somewhere outside the file, but attaching makes it bundled with the original file and available wherever the file is opened.
 
You could follow the foll steps. I assume you have a Word File of the PDF you want to email with the links

1 - Create a New folder

2 - Create the file in Word and Link that to the Excel Sheets in the same folder.

3 - Print the word file to PDF or save it to PDF using the office 2007 addin or save directly in Office 2010. This will be able to create a linked PDF

4 - Zip the folder after removing the Word file and email it to your client.

5 - When he extracts this folder and opens the PDF, he will be able to find the linked files as he clicks on that.
 
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