One of my favorite features of OpenOffice.org is that you can turn documents into pdf documents for saving or sending in emails. Recently, I wanted to send some screenshots of web pages and thought it would be much easier to send in pdf format.
The solution for Windows based PC’s is to download the doPDF converter software from doPDF.com. Once the software is installed you will have an option of doPDF in the dropdown box of available printers. You can create a pdf from anything that you are able to print so it works with Word Documents, web pages and pretty much anything else you would ever want.
When you click on OK, the box will open up where you can change the name of the file to be saved or click OK for the default.
Once you click OK, the pdf will be saved to the location and be available for attaching to an email or archiving. I do not use it very often, but the software takes up very little space and it is very convenient to have in the dropdown when I want to create a pdf.
See blow for the list of feature or check out www.dopdf.com for more information:
Main benefits for using this free PDF converter:
- It’s free – PDF converter free for both commercial and personal use.
- 32-bit and 64-bit support – can be installed on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems.
- No GhostScript or .NET – doesn’t require 3rd party programs to do PDF files such as GhostScript or runtime environments like the .NET Framework. This makes the setup file to be incredibly small compared to other free PDF converters.
- Customizable resolution – you can choose any resolution from 72 to 2400 dpi.
- Predefined/custom page sizes – choose a default page size (Letter, Legal, A4, A5, A6, …) or enter your own custom page size.
- Searchable PDFs – you can search for text within the created PDF file (and search engines will also index the text from the PDF).
- Multi-language – choose a language for the user interface from the 20 languages currently supported (credits).
- Do your part in saving the planet – instead of consuming paper to print your document, why not create a PDF file out of it and spare a couple of planet-saving trees?
- Barely uses any computer resources – compared to other free PDF converters, doPDF barely uses any memory or CPU resources when doing the actual conversion to PDF.
