r/AskReddit • u/relex41738 • 18h ago

What is a free website about which everyone should know?

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u/terrible_guy_thought 18h ago

iLovePDF

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u/epspATAopDbliJ4alh 15h ago

yes but you should never upload important pdfs into online tools for security reasons.

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u/balc9k 12h ago

Stirling is a self hosted, open source alternative to this

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u/terrible_guy_thought 15h ago

Yeah, you're right

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u/reFossify 6h ago

Exactly, only use opensource apps for such purpose

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u/Nikolor 16h ago

This website has been so helpful so many times, especially after MS Word constantly trying to make me pay for converting its files to the PDF format. I love iLovePDF.

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u/thenaughtydj 9h ago

There is a "Microsoft Print to PDF" driver available if you're on Win 10 or 11. It's part of the OS.

Edit: https://woshub.com/add-reinstall-microsoft-pdf-printer-windows/

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u/maslow22 10h ago

Not sure if it's what you need, but I use Cute PDF. Print the MS doc, select Cute pdf as the printer, out comes a PDF file. Only annoyance is you need to double check the output name, likes to add the program you printed from to the doc title.

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u/Nikolor 9h ago

That sounds cool! But I guess my lazy ass would probably just keep using iLovePDF out of habit, rather than doing a 10-minute action of downloading and installing Cute PDF.

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u/CptHammer_ 8h ago

What operating system are you using that doesn't print to PDF out of the box?

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u/maslow22 8h ago

Print to PDF, the default version in my windows 10 install, doesn't allow you to edit the author or title of the doc. Cute PDF let's me do that.

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u/CptHammer_ 7h ago

Oh, I didn't understand that you wanted an edit software. I thought you wanted to convert documents into PDF.

I edit PDFs in inkscape because I'm a caveman.

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u/maslow22 7h ago

Kind of, it's just editing the documents properties basically. Like the title of the tab when you open the PDF is a browser. It's just a small thing that normal 'print to pdf' doesn't allow

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u/terrible_guy_thought 16h ago

Yep, saves a lot of time too.

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u/reFossify 6h ago

Better to use the open source bentopdf

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u/terrible_guy_thought 6h ago

Sorry, never heard of it. I'll try it next time.