Publish Documents in PDF for free...
The use of PDF's (Portable Document File) on the Internet has exploded to the point that just about everyone has the ability to open and read these types of file on their computer. (And if you don't you can always access it here.)
This makes distributing PDF's an alternative to sending normal Microsoft Office files- Your recipients don't need Microsoft Office to read the file, and you can also make sure that the content of the file doesn't change. Another advantage is that you can distribute non-Office files like faxes, reports (including all DPO reports), Web-sites, etc.
There's a free tool available that we use internally to create PDF documents. It's called PDF995.
Here's how it works:
That's it! It's easy, it works, and it's free. Try it today!
This makes distributing PDF's an alternative to sending normal Microsoft Office files- Your recipients don't need Microsoft Office to read the file, and you can also make sure that the content of the file doesn't change. Another advantage is that you can distribute non-Office files like faxes, reports (including all DPO reports), Web-sites, etc.
There's a free tool available that we use internally to create PDF documents. It's called PDF995.
Here's how it works:
- Download PDF995 from their main website (select version 7.8s (as of 6/5/2006)).
- Once downloaded, simply open the file.
- The program will install automatically on your Windows computer.
- The program will create a new 'printer' in your list of available printers. This way, when you want to create a PDF document file, simply click on Print, and select PDF995 from the list of available printers.
That's it! It's easy, it works, and it's free. Try it today!
posted by Jon Biedermann at
12:13 PM
2 Comments:
Another useful tool is PdfMachine. This enables you to mail merge to pdf file. So you can use Custom Report Writer to export a file to Excel and then send personalized emails to particular donors.
We have used this to send out personalized reminders to confirm larger upcoming pledges, to follow up on delinquent pledges and send out end of year donation receipts by email.
See pdfmachine.com. It is not free but we found it worth getting.
David
That sounds like a great solution!
While you can always use the Custom Report Writer to export a file to Excel, you may want to consider using the Mailmerge option instead. Mailmerge will automatically check for the correct, primary address, and will also account for date sensitive addresses as well.
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