Foxit software corporation is the makers of Foxit PDF tools. It includes PDF readers and editors both for the PC and mobile platforms. Although it is a payed product a free trial version can be obtained from Foxit. The trial version is as good as a full version except that in the trial version a water mark is added to the files you write.

Foxit PDF reader is one of the best available PDF readers. It is much lighter that Acrobat reader and also very much faster. You can download Foxit PDF reader here. To try the free PDF editor from Foxit go to the PDF editor Download page. If you want a full fledged PDF creator (not editor) you can try these methods

1. How to print and save as PDF files.

2. Save web pages as PDF files.

3. Free Online Files converter.

PrimoPDF is a free software that installs itself as a printer in your system. It will accept the print requests and allows you to save them as a PDF file. So you can create a PDF file from virtually any file in your system. If you need to create a PDF file from an Office document you may use the export feature available in OpenOffice.org.

PrimoPDF also allows you to change the quality of the output files to four preset ones and one custom setting.

PrimoPDF is light on system resources and produces good quality PDF files. Although you might end up with file having its own path printed into it, PrimoPDF can be used as a basic tool to create PDF files. Download the Windows installer here