is there anything like a freeware version of acrobat out there?

7/25/2006 12:43:43 PM

i think theres some here

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-52,GGLG:en&q=free+pdf+editor

7/25/2006 12:55:04 PM

you can use open office and save/export as a pdf, that's what i've been using for 2 years or so

[Edited on July 25, 2006 at 1:50 PM. Reason : hehe]

7/25/2006 1:50:25 PM

Wow I just said foxit in the other thread. ~1 MB, smaller and quicker than adobe (~65 mb). it's awesome.

7/25/2006 1:56:57 PM

The power of Acrobat comes in part from the forms functionality.

7/25/2006 3:15:24 PM

The power of Acrobat comes in part from the forms functionality.

Just like MS Word

7/26/2006 12:12:32 AM

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"freeware pdf editor?"

one would have to assume he's trying to fill in forms that are distributed in pdf format on a computer, rather than print and do by hand. if that's correct, there are a few hackjobs out there, but seldom is the export 100% correct (pdfs aren't just plain postscript containers anymore). if you just want to create a pdf, check out cutepdf, it works just like the distiller printer driver

7/26/2006 12:19:16 AM

you're an idiot...and something tells me you've never touched Acrobat professional to do anything other than convert word documents to pdfs

7/26/2006 12:19:39 AM

foxit does the job, i'm just not a fan of the evaluation stamp it puts on there

7/26/2006 12:44:55 AM

I don't use acrobat to create pdfs from word documents, there are many free/better programs to do that. I don't really have a need for the full version but I'm well aware of it's capabilities. acrobat pro (for the most part) adds pdf as a recognized document type for the normal editors/productivity suites on your machine and making it just as easily manipulated as a .doc file. there are other features like locking, encrypting, etc, but they're just "extras"

7/26/2006 5:37:44 AM