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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: May 30, 2009
- Total Downloads: 955,546
- Downloads last week: 6,662
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 411 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff on February 27, 2009
The freeware PDF writer opts for ease over customization with a one-step conversion app that works its will over any printable document. Once installed, pressing Print and selecting CutePDF Writer as a printer choice allows you to save the newly-made PDF anywhere in your file system. While we found the process flawless, advanced users who enjoy rolling up their sleeves for configuring greater DIY control should keep looking. Folks whose needs are more basic have in CutePDF Writer a fine choice.
Publisher's description
From Acro Software :Portable Document Format (PDF) is the de facto standard for the secure and reliable distribution and exchange of electronic documents and forms around the world. CutePDF Writer (formerly CutePDF Printer) is the free version of commercial PDF creation software. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a printer subsystem. This enables virtually any Windows applications (must be able to print) to create professional quality PDF documents with just a push of a button.
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User reviews of CutePDF Writer 2.73
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 411 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: CutePDF Writer 2.73
Pros: I've tried several pdf printers and CutePDF is the simplest and best.
Cons: I haven't come across any limitations with CutePDF.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: CutePDF Writer 2.73
"Perfect Print to PDF, Simple, Reliable, No Restrictions"
Pros: Save and share anything that can be printed. CutePDF appears as one of your printers on EVERY application with a print function. There are numerous default settings you can make. I'm not a geek, and it installs and works flawlessly on XP & Vista.
Cons: No major cons. Sometimes saves document links, usually not. (Include links Y/N would be a nice option.) If you ever reinstall Adobe Reader, uninstall CutePDF, install Adobe, reinstall CutePDF to prevent conflicts. (Fault is with Adobe, not CutePDF).
Summary: Extremely easy to use. Dependable. When you run the installer, it will tell you that you need to install a second program, and you need to let it access its website to download and install it. It's a bit of an annoyance, and leaves you at the websit... read more >>
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Version: CutePDF Writer 2.73
"Works well in MS Word, but not to print from Firefox."
Pros: Easy to install. Seemed easy to use - just print to the CutePDF printer just as you would with Adobe Acrobat's print function.
Cons: However, printing to the printer from Firefox (3.5.2 on Windows 7) only produced 1 page documents. This was the main reason I downloaded this product -- to print web pages to PDF output (things like receipts, travel itineraries, etc...).
Summary: I did test it in MS Word just to check it and it actually worked fine there - so maybe it's Firefox that works poorly, but I don't have a problem with Firefox and actual Adobe Acrobat. Hopefully it's just a small change for Cute to fix that issue - ... read more >>
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: CutePDF Writer 2.73
Pros: inconspicuous
Cons: fdfddfdfdfdfd
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: CutePDF Writer 2.73
"I recommend all to get it and download the software."
Pros: It is great that I don't need expensive software to publish my docurments into a PDF.
Cons: I have not had any as of yet. I have used this for over a year.
Summary: I recommend to all to get it.
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