Click2PDFÒ

http://www.bluesquirrel.com

(Reviewed by Fred Sabin, President, NJCC)

Click2PDFÒ is a desktop product that will allow you to easily create PDF documents (that can be read by the free Adobe Acrobat ReaderÒ) from anything that you can print. This product only creates an image in PDF format that cannot be edited, but it is an excellent compromise for those that only need the absolute minimum requirements for creating PDF files.

Click2PDFÒ will “print” any document and/or graphics to a PDF file in black and white or color, at resolutions of 72, 100, 200, or 300 dots per inch. Unfortunately, there are no other significant options or adjustments that can be made to the document being saved, so you must make any and all formatting changes to the document before it is converted to PDF. The PDF file that is saved can then be used as any other PDF file (with the exception that it can not be altered as it is an image file). Thus, text and/or images from Click2PDFÒ documents cannot be selected to copy and paste into a word processor document (with the free Adobe Acrobat ReaderÒ 6.0). Also, the actual PDF document itself cannot be altered directly, or converted directly into another file format. The PDF converted file size will vary with the color and resolution options selected.

Click2PDFÒ requires a 486+ processor computer with 10 MB of hard-drive space, and Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP with 64 MB RAM.

This software is thus very easy to use for the casual user, and I will be doing a demonstration of it at the May 12th NJCC meeting. The list price for Click2PDFÒ is $18.95, but New Jersey Computer Club (NJCC) members can get a 50% off User Group Discount (to $9.47) at http://www.bluesquirrel.com/usergroup , or by calling 1-800-403-0925. An additional $6.95 Shipping and Handling charge applies if you do not download the software electronically (4.67 MB file size).