Some users may wish to save reports, standard receipts (which are also really reports), and letters or receipts created with the Letters menu options, to PDF files. DONATION allows you to do that, so that those documents can be emailed to others in your organization, or the receipts' donors, as attachments.
To do this, for reports and standard receipts click the Save PDF button on the window, and for letters or receipts created with the Letters menu options, click the Save PDF toolbar icon (
), or use File à Save PDF. This will bring up a "Save PDF File As" dialog, in which you can both select a directory and specify a filename to save the PDF file as. Once you do that and click Save, it will work for a bit to save the PDF, then display that PDF file for you in your standard PDF viewing application (usually the Adobe Reader).
Note: Although there is a PDF option on the Save As Type drop-down in the dialog that comes up when you click Save As in the report or receipt viewing window, it does not work, so please do not try to use it!
The way the Save PDF options work is that they use a "PDF Printer" that is installed with DONATION, called "novaPDF Pro v5 for DONATION". You can also select that printer to print to from other applications' Print dialog boxes (or even DONATION's normal Print dialog boxes). However, because the version installed with DONATION is only fully licensed for use with DONATION, it will print the following message at the bottom of every page, when you use it from other applications (or DONATION's normal Print dialog boxes):
Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer (http://www.novapdf.com)
If you are finding the ability to print to PDF files from other applications helpful, you can indeed go to that novaPDF web site and purchase a full license to the software, so that you can use it from all applications on your computer that can print. As of May 2008, it has versions costing from $19.95 to $39.95.
There are a number other PDF Printer software products on the market as well. Here are a couple of these programs that I am aware of, with their prices as of May 2008:
| 1. | PDF995, from www.pdf995.com. This has a free version, which however brings up an advertising page for the program in your web browser every time you use it, or an advertising-free version for only $9.95. |
| 2. | PDF-XChange, from www.docu-track.com. This has a Lite version, for $22.95, and a Standard version, for $49.50, which has many more features, including stronger integration with Microsoft Office. |
Uninstalling the novaPDF Printer Driver
If you have not purchased an individual license for the novaPDF printer driver (used for Saving Reports, Receipts and Letters as PDF Files), you may want to uninstall it after uninstalling DONATION. The DONATION uninstall program will prompt you as to whether to uninstall the novaPDF printer. If you answer No to that and still want to uninstall it later, you can do that via an Uninstall menu option on the novaPDF Professional Desktop 5 menu under Start à Programs on your computer.