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    Is Acrobat Distiller free?

    I don't own any Adobe software at all but I do use Adobe Acrobat (the free version).

    I am wondering if Distiller is also free or if it either needs to be paid for for business use or if you have to own another Adobe title to be able to use it without paying.
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    Re: Is Acrobat Distiller free?

    The Adobe Reader is a separate product from Acrobat. Distiller is a part of Adobe Acrobat, so is not free. However, SourceForge.net: PDFCreator is free, and may well do what you want.

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    Re: Is Acrobat Distiller free?

    costs a few hundred quid, iirc

    if you want to generate PDFs, there are several open-source-based solutions - OOo has an export to PDF button, and there are multiple ghostscript-based printer driver emulators for windows which spit out PDFs

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    Re: Is Acrobat Distiller free?

    There is also a plugin for Microsoft Office 2007 for PDF generation. For some license reasons (no one seams to have a defacto awnser why, fear of antitrust has even been suggested (but that seams silly to me)) you have to download it from teh MS website, its not on the office dvd.
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    Re: Is Acrobat Distiller free?

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    There is also a plugin for Microsoft Office 2007 for PDF generation. For some license reasons (no one seams to have a defacto awnser why, fear of antitrust has even been suggested (but that seams silly to me)) you have to download it from teh MS website, its not on the office dvd.
    especially given PDF is a full-on ISO spec

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