15 Sep 11 - 09:33 AM (#3223562) Subject: Tech: PDF Creator for Mac From: NormanD Could anyone recommend a good piece of software (pref free or shareware) that enables you to create PDF files? If I scan / download music scores I'd like to turn them into PDF to enable me to read them on a Kindle. Any advice appreciated. Thanks. norman |
15 Sep 11 - 09:45 AM (#3223568) Subject: RE: Tech: PDF Creator for Mac From: Will Fly If you're using a modern Mac - OS X 10...., then most applications will allow you to print - and the print options automatically include a PDF save. I do this with my Harmony Assistant scores. Select "Print" and then, when the Print menu appears, select PDF. |
15 Sep 11 - 10:32 AM (#3223582) Subject: RE: Tech: PDF Creator for Mac From: Sandra in Sydney I use a Epson printer/scanner with my iMac & can scan to a few different formats, including .pdf |
15 Sep 11 - 11:48 AM (#3223623) Subject: RE: Tech: PDF Creator for Mac From: NormanD OK, thanks for both those tips, much appreciated. I'll certainly check out the scanner - maybe if I used it more I'd have known! I know there is a "save as pdf" option for Word docs, under print. I guess most of the pdf convertors are for pdf back to an amendable format. |
15 Sep 11 - 12:32 PM (#3223639) Subject: RE: Tech: PDF Creator for Mac From: Newport Boy I don't know about Macs, but on a general point - if you can use a 'print to pdf' or 'export to pdf' function from the application, use that. The quality and size of pdf created from scans are related - large files for good quality - and almost all create pdfs of images. I have a presentation certificate which gives a print pdf of 170KB and a scanned pdf of 1.3MB Phil |