free PDF writer ??

[rocker123]

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:

 

[gaganjain]

CutePDF - Create PDF for free, Free PDF Utilities, Edit PDF easily;.

 

[manoja2k]

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.

 

[thogaibalu]

PDFCreator

Same as most PDF writers - works as a printer, but lots of configurations and options, and above all, free and open source.

 

[del_x]

I have used PDFCreator and find it to work very well, give it a try.

 

[saROMan]

have used both Tiny PDF & Cute PDF ...both are simple & easy to user

 

[varkey]

doPDF is also really good.

 

[CA50]

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.

 

[rocker123]

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..

 

[CA50]

visit for "save as pdf" plugin for office 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...11-3e7e-4ae6-b059-a2e79ed87041&displaylang=en

 

[netwitx]

use primopdf

 

[iq6886]

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..

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

 

[thogaibalu]

You can probably print each file separately using any PDF Creator suggested here.. n probably combine them together using the online tool : PDF Hammer

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.)

 

[rocker123]

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

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. :-(

 

[thogaibalu]

^ 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:

[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.

 

[BHULLAR BOYS]

dopdf is recommended .....me too using it

 

[skumar9988]

PDF Converter - Convert to PDF free with doPDF
highly recommended.... using from a long time.

edit:- sry mught not be helpfull for this purpose.

 

[dasgupta_arup]

This seems like an interesting problem. I have linked all sorts of files into my word files but what does the op mean by "attach"?

 

[thogaibalu]

^ "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.

 

[TheBroker]

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.