Solid PDF Creator

Solid PDF Creator
Developer(s)	Solid Documents
Initial release	2006
Stable release	9.0 (Windows) / June 18, 2014; 10 years ago
Operating system	Microsoft Windows XP, 2003, Vista, or 7
Size	10.1 MB (Windows)
Available in	Multilingual
Type	PDF Creator
License	Proprietary commercial software
Website	www.soliddocuments.com

Solid PDF Creator is proprietary document processing software which converts virtually any Windows-based document into a PDF. Suitable for home and office use, the program appears as a printer option in the Print menu of any print-capable Windows application.^[3] The same technology used in the software's Solid Framework SDK is licensed by Adobe for Acrobat X^[4]

History

Solid Documents, the makers of Solid PDF Creator, launched the product in 2006 and have released several version updates since then including 2.0 in 2007.^[5] The latest product enhancement, new to version 7, allows for the conversion of Windows-based documents into PDF/A documents in compliance with ISO 19005-1 standards for long-term preservation and archival purposes.^[6] Version 9.0, released in June 2014, sees conversion and table reconstruction improvements, less XML output, and feature integration.^[7]

Features

Solid PDF Creator supports conversion from the following formats into PDF:^[6]

Microsoft Word .docx and .doc
Rich text format .rtf
Microsoft Excel .xlsx
.xml
Microsoft PowerPoint .pptx
.html
Plain text .txt

Solid PDF Creator provides a variety of file conversion options including password protection, encryption, permission definition, ISO 19005-1 archiving standards, and file compression capabilities.^[3]^[8]

Building upon the features offered in Solid PDF Creator, Solid PDF Creator Plus released in 2008 allows users to manipulate watermarks, rearrange pages, extract pages, and drag and drop content.^[9]