Re: Creating OS X PDFs without Acrobat

["Tim Gwinn" <***>]

Hi Pete,

Welcome to the group, and thanks for the information! :)

Regards,
Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ROSEN Forum [mailto:*** Behalf Of Pete
> Giansante
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:16 PM
> To: ***
> Subject: Creating OS X PDFs without Acrobat
>
>
> Hi Tim:
> I'm a newbie to the list (referred by Judith Rosen). I'm still in the
> process of reviewing the archives, and I just found your response to the
> inquiry by John M <***> re. creating PDFs.
>
> You seem to have covered the options for Windows users. I'll add that for
> any subscribers who use Mac OS X, the system has a built-in PDF engine. In
> my experience, not all OS X users are aware of that capability.
> To create a
> PDF in OS X 10.2.x, select Print from File menu, look for the PDF icon at
> the bottom of the print window, and click it to save the file as
> a PDF. (In
> earlier versions of OS X, select "Save as PDF".)
>
> If your document will fit entirely within the viewable window on
> your screen
> (and still remain legible), you can immediately save it as a PDF
> by taking a
> screen shot. Size the window to get the view you want, type
> "Command-Shift-4" (no quotation marks), place the cursor cross-hairs over
> the window you want to shoot and press the space bar. The entire
> window will
> highlight, and the cursor changes to a camera. Single-click with the mouse
> and you'll hear the shutter-click that indicates you've captured
> the screen
> shot.
>
> If you want to repeat the process for more pages, scroll the window to the
> new content, and repeat the process above. Each time you take a
> screen shot,
> the file will be saved on your desktop as filename "Picture", "Picture 1",
> "Picture 2", ... etc., depending on how many shots you take. The default
> file format is ".pdf", which will open in OS X's Preview
> application, and of
> course in any version of Acrobat Reader. The downside to that approach is
> the multiplicity of files it creates. Use the first method via the Print
> menu (described above) for multi-page documents; it creates a single file.
>
> There are also PDF creation options in Preview, OS X's graphics reading
> application, as well as in other Adobe applications like
> Photoshop Elements.
> Additionally, you can find close to a dozen freeware or shareware
> convert-to-PDF apps at the following URL:
>
>           http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/index.shtml
>
> Type "PDF" (no quotes) in the search field and you'll get three
> pages of stuff.
>
> Hope that helps. I'll be happy to field any questions from fellow Rosenite
> OS X users.
>
> -- Pete