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Subject:Re: Word to .pdf From:"Peter Ring, PRC" <prc -at- ISA -dot- DKNET -dot- DK> Date:Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:37:44 +1
Keith Jeremy Posner asked:
> Can anyone tell me if it's possible to create a .pdf file from a Word
> document? I know that this is possible (via PostScript) using
> FrameMaker.
Yes!
1. If you don't have a PostScript printer installed on your system,
install one, printing to FILE, preferably using the Adobe PS 4.1
PostScript driver (downloadable from Adobe's website on http://www.adobe.com). You don't need to actually have a
PostScript printer to do this.
2. Print your document to "file" using a PostScript printer driver.
The file will normally be given a name like myfile.prn or
myfile.ps.
3. Using the Adobe Acrobat Distiller (or Exchange), convert the .prn
or .ps file to a .pdf file.
If you do this frequently, you can make a Word macro which does it
automatically.
Please note, that unlike from PageMaker and FrameMaker, this method
will not generate active links from Word in the .pdf file.
Greetings from Denmark
Peter Ring
PRC (Peter Ring Consultants)
- specialists in user friendly manuals and audits on manuals.
prc -at- isa -dot- dknet -dot- dk
- the "User Friendly Manuals" website with links, bibliography, list
of prof. associations, and tips for technical writers: http://isa.dknet.dk/~prc/
- text cleaning software, e.g. for reading difficult e-mails: http://isa.dknet.dk/~prc/software/
