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Posted by: DOM (Guest), May 5th, 2006, 1:38am
How do I create PDF files? Actually, y'know, write a script in the box thing. How do you do that?
Posted by: -Ben-, May 5th, 2006, 1:49am; Reply: 1
I have not any idea in the slightest....
Try going into Abode Reader and saving something you've written in word or whatever as a PDF file.
Posted by: dogglebe (Guest), May 5th, 2006, 6:37am; Reply: 2
Adobe Reader only lets you view .pdf files. You need Adobe Writer for this, though some software packages will let you save as a .pdf file. Click on 'save on' on whatever software package you're using and see if you're given that option.
Phil
Posted by: Martin, May 5th, 2006, 7:34am; Reply: 3
Posted by: FilmMaker06, May 5th, 2006, 7:35am; Reply: 4
Final Draft lets you save it as any type of file. But some people who send in PDF's say that they had it made into a PDF over the internet...?
Posted by: George Willson, May 5th, 2006, 11:21am; Reply: 5
See Dr. Mabuse's post right abover yours, Rapture. This is the service I usually use when I'm away from home and have no access to Final Draft (i.e. wrote the script in Word).
Posted by: guyjackson (Guest), May 5th, 2006, 1:51pm; Reply: 6
Posted by: Lon, May 5th, 2006, 11:06pm; Reply: 7
You can "save as PDF" from many writing programs, but what you'll get is something along the lines of a 2MB PDF document. This seems to be what the majority of "Movie Scripts" Don posts link to are, as I'm on dial-up and it takes quite a few minutes for a PDF script to load.
I've got Adobe PDF Writer which, when you install it, sets itself up as a "printer" and will appear in your "printer select" window, despite it not being an actual, physical printing machine. From there, I just select "print file," (NOT "save file as"), select Adobe Writer as the printer, and voila -- my script is automatically saved AS a PDF document, and nowhere NEAR 2MB's in size. Usually more along the lines of exactly the size it is in the original writing program; about 160 or 180KBs.
Posted by: James McClung, May 7th, 2006, 11:16am; Reply: 8
I'm going to second this. PrimoPDF is the way to go. It's free and it's easy to use. 'Nuff said.
Posted by: Combichrist, May 25th, 2006, 5:48pm; Reply: 9
I generally use the PDF converter in Final Draft 7 for my PDF formatting. Goodluck.
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