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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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