Re: Word to .pdf

[Keith Soltys <ksoltys -at- DJTTD -dot- COM>]

On Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:37:44 +1, you wrote:

>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.
>
As>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

Adobe has a free utility that you can download from its web site. It's called

Adobe PDFMaker for Word 97 and provides enhanced features when creating PDF
files from Word 97 documents. This will convert headings to bookmarks and
make cross-references into links.

As far as I know, they don't have a similar utility for previous versions of
Word.

Regards
Keith
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
   Keith Soltys -- ksoltys -at- djttd -dot- com -- http://www.interlog.com/~ksoltys/
   Senior Technical Writer, Technical Development, Dow Jones Markets Inc.
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
          Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you;
          if you don't bet, you can't win. --Robert A. Heinlein