CNET Editors' review
doPDF is a fairly basic program that's utterly bereft of features beyond its main function: to let users create PDF documents from within any program using the native Print option. Along with whatever printer you've got hooked up that shows up in the Print dialog box, doPDF adds an eponymous option. Select it, hit print, and you get the chance to change the name of the PDF you're creating. Hit enter and the PDF gets created, then automatically opens for you to proofread it.
Lacking any customization features and the control panel to manage them, doPDF is definitely meant for fast PDF creation with a minimum of fuss. It does support a multitude of languages, a minor feature except to those who don't use English as their primary language. One benefit of not having any major features is that doPDF takes up almost no RAM.
doPDF gives a simple output dialog box for altering the name and saving location of the PDF, and by clicking on Advanced Options, users can manually adjust the resolution of the PDF they're creating. However, unless you know precisely how resolution changes will affect the size of your PDF, this can be a bit tricky. doPDF is great for those not looking for a lot of a options, but for any project requiring a bit more finesse, it's worth looking at the competition.
Publisher's Description
From Softland:
doPDF Free PDF Converter convert documents to searchable PDF files from any Windows application. It installs as a printer driver and helps you generate the PDF files by simply selecting the "print" command from any application (you can convert your Word documents, Excel sheets, PowerPoint presentations, AutoCad drawings, company's reports, contracts, workflows, agreements, marketing plans, forms, products list, price list, charts, emails or web pages). The resulted PDF files can be viewed on any computer with a PDF viewer (reader) installed. doPDF has a lot of features that allows you to modify the paper size, modify the resolution (from 72 to 2400 dpi), change page orientation (portrait, landscape), and change the quality settings.
What's new in this version: Version 7.3.381 has added new conversion corrections for text with ColtFont font and changed font names for subsetted fonts to have correct ANSI characters.
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"Best of it's kind"
Version: doPDF Free PDF Converter 7.3.381
Pros
So easy to use and no complex set up. no fancy features whatever so uses very little ram, definitely for anyone wanting a simple PDF creator. If it wasn't free I'd pay for it!!
Cons
If there is any I have yet to find it.
Summary
Throw out adobe and get this one.
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"Quick & simple"
Version: doPDF Free PDF Converter 7.3.381
Pros
Easy to use, quick, and not a resource hog--just what I want. To minimize paper storage, I download records to my pc and use doPDF to "print out" only pages I need from monthly statements, etc. Also use to convert invoices and other docs for simple email attachments.
Cons
none for me
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"Useful program to convert word an excel docs to pdf."
Version: doPDF Free PDF Converter 7.3.381
Pros
The best part is that it does precisely what it claims to do. No more and no less.
Cons
It doesn't assume that the pdf document is to be saved in the same folder where the original was saved. That assumption would be handy if the opportunity is there not to always follow the assumption.
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"simple to use"
Version: doPDF Free PDF Converter 7.3.381
Pros
simple to use
Cons
takes a while to load up large documents, wasn't sure if it was still working or not.
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"It doesnt work on 64 bit systems."
Version: doPDF Free PDF Converter 7.3.381
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I cant find the 64 bit program
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