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   Ed Vance to Rob Mccart   
   Gwbasic   
   26 Jan 26 17:01:11   
   
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   >   >> PDF files but some of them can convert image files as well. It's a   
   >   >> long time since I did that but a quick look online suggests that   
   >   >> Adobe Acrobat can do PDF files and there are a number of online   
   >   >> services that claim they can do it. PDF2GO mentiones converting   
   >   >> pictures as well as PDF's.   
      
   >   >Someone in either the Windows echo or the Windows 95 echo wrote   
   >   >about a program called DOPDF. I d/l'd it and learned it is a Print   
   >   >Driver that makes a PDF file on the HDD.   
      
   > I would have mentioned that since I use that myself but creating   
   > a PDF file isn't the same as extracting text out of various file   
   > types so I didn't think of it.   
      
   > DoPDF works qyite well though. If properly installed it works well   
   > for a number of programs, most anything that can print I think..   
      
   > I also for years used one called Cute PDF which is similar, but   
   > probably not as up to date as DoPDF. I believe it had other   
   > options built in too though. It's been a while since I used it.   
   > It was more of a full program than just a Printer Driver, although   
   > it was that as well I think.   
      
   > If it wasn't a universal type printer driver it could be called   
   > upon by other programs to save their work as a PDF.   
      
   > Most of these utilities I use with a very nice, small and simple   
   > Word Processor program called Jarte. I use it for almost everything   
   > I do with documents. It has all the usual Word type options and   
   > can save files as PDF and HTML and most Text formats if set up   
   > properly, and it does spell checking and such..  a tiny program.   
      
   > Sumatra PDF is another nice program I use that can do a lot of   
   > things including ePub and Mobi books and such.   
      
   > ---   
   >  * SLMR Rob  * When you're in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut   
      
      
   Rob, I heard of Cutepdf and tried it.   
   When I grabbed DoPDF I liked much more and used it even to save text in a email   
   into a PDF file.   
      
   I like that DoPDF will save images and all the text even in a giant web page.   
   Ed   
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