Adobe 6.0 Professional vs. another program for PDFcreation

[feras]

Hello,

What you think about the differences between Adobe 6.0 Professional and Adobe 7.0 Professional, does the new features justify the bigger price?
I am thinking if to purchase Adobe 6.0 or Adobe 7.0 . Basically, for my pdf creation needs I think Adobe 6 would be enought. But maybe I will soon need more advanced features and I will regrete that I did not bought Adobe 7.0 . What you think?
 

[GX1_Man]

I think version 8 is out. 

[soybean]

I know Adobe Acrobat is the premier PDF creation tool but I don't know how the various versions compare in features.  What are your specific needs for PDF creation?  If fairly simple, perhaps a freeware program would be sufficient. 

[feras]

Thank you very much for your helpful suggestions!
I tried PrimoPDF but for some reason it did not worked properly on my computer... very weird, I uninstalled and installed it several times...
I wouldn't like to use aditional software like ghostscript. CutePDF used it and despite the program was ok, it didn't fulfill my needs.I also found PDF Factory Pro ( pdffactory.com ) and PDF Writer Pro ( http://www.amicutilities.com/pdf-writer/ ) which look very good.. the first one looks like a very popular software and the other has very good compression for the same quality. If you have any suggestions please let me know..

 

[soybean]

I just installed PrimoPDF and it seems quite nice so far.  I just "printed" one Word file and one Excel file to PDF and it worked fine. 

What happened when you tried to install it?  Where did you get it?  I downloaded from http://www.download.com/PrimoPDF/3000-10743_4-10660924.html?tag=lst-0-1

You might download it again and try installing it again.  When you install, I'd suggest closing all applications and disabling your anti-virus software.  If you still have problems, uninstall it, download and run CCleaner, and then try installing PrimoPDF again. 

I suggest you get the Basic Build of CCleaner here: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds.aspx.  It's the same as the standard except it does not have a Yahoo toolbar.  If you install CCleaner, run the Windows scan and Applications scan and remove everything it finds.  However, you may want to take a close look at the list of things included in the scans and deselect some parts, particularly the Advanced section of the Windows scan setup. 

CCleaner's Issues scan is a registry cleaner.  Before deleting the stuff it finds, backup your registry as prompted by CCleaner.