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Generating PDF reports

joe.favia
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Hello,

Is there any way to generate the MARS reports in PDF format? I need to send the reports in a readable compact format to colleagues and customers. The current format brings my Thunderbird mail client to a crawl so I imagine it's too big. If it can't be done, can someone suggest a good free or commercial converter to use (with the print to file option)?

Thanks, Joe

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mhellman
Level 7
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google for "browser plugin free pdf conversion". This one showed up, I've never used so YMMV. There appeared to be others as well.

http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

Yes, I know, thare are many. That's why I asked if anyone could suggest a GOOD one that won't chop off page margins or interpret graphics correctly, etc.,etc. I've tried a few but so far they are all lacking in some aspect. Thanks anyway,

Joe

Well, I've had good luck with htmldoc on Linux (http://www.htmldoc.org/). However, I've never tried a complicated page like those produced by MARS. You might try the trial version of Adobe Acrobat and see how it looks.

PDF995 has been around for a while and is free and fully-functional with no expiration. It does have a nag window each time you print, but $10 for a license fixes that. I'm not sure if it plays well with MARS, though.

lundvall
Level 1
Level 1

Joe:

I use cutePDF printer that was mentioned earlier for exactly what you mentioned. I print monthly reports to PDF files using CutePDF and I don't have any issues with margins etc.

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