Category Archives: software

PrimoPDF and font embedding

July 14, 2009 – 11:19 pm

Font embedding means that font information is included directly within the PDF file. Embedding fonts ensures the PDF can be viewed or printed on any computer, with text appearing exactly as it does in the original file. Embedding fonts can increase PDF file size (since more information needs to be included), but can be helpful [...]

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Long-term digital archiving with PDF/A

July 13, 2009 – 11:51 pm

For decades, paper has been the primary (and sometimes only) means for record-keeping for organizations from all industries, in all shapes and sizes. Businesses have been built around hard copies and paper trails, and it can be difficult for some to imagine letting go of these tangible “security blankets” they’ve grown accustomed to. However, as [...]

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How to Convert Microsoft Excel (XLS) to PDF Files Free

October 20, 2008 – 4:49 pm

With a basic understanding of how Microsoft Excel files print, you can easily create the PDF output you need using the PrimoPDF free pdf creator. And by standardizing print settings across sheets, you can convert your entire workbook to a single PDF.
To standardize print settings across multiple worksheets

From Microsoft Excel, select the first sheet and [...]

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Converting and Sharing Web Pages as PDF

October 16, 2008 – 8:56 pm

In all the excitement of our PDF Download 2.0 (Firefox add-on) release a month or so back, we barely mentioned a cool little free HTML to PDF service we launched at the same time.
The new Web-to-PDF feature in PDF Download 2.0 uses a Web server to quickly convert any (unsecured) Web page into a pretty [...]

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