Re: word to pdf conversion -Reply

[Crystol Wigemyr <Crystol -dot- Wigemyr -at- KENONIC -dot- COM>]

Have you downloaded the PDFMaker add-on from Adobe's website? If you
have Word 8 (97), this is one heckuva nice tool. PDFMaker for Word 97
automatically converts your Word headings, cross references, web links,
etc., into their appropriate Adobe counterparts. Very slick.

> Crystol Wigemyr, B.A., B.Ed.
> Kenonic Controls Ltd.
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> From:         Bill Sullivan[SMTP:bsullivan -at- EMAIL -dot- EXIDE -dot- COM]
> Sent:         June 11, 1998 10:55 AM
> Subject:      word to pdf conversion -Reply
>
> >>Can anybody tell me if it is required to go to framemaker in order
> to
> convert word to pdf and postscript?
>
> No. Assuming you have Acrobat Distiller, Distiller Assistant and
> Exchange (mine are version 3.01), but not necessarily running, you
> open
> your Word doc and give it the Print command. From the Print dialog
> box,
> choose Distiller Assistant and click Print to File. This produces a
> .ps file
> which you open in Acrobat Distiller which automatically produces a
> .pdf
> file. [You can also choose Acrobat PDFWriter -- check the
> documentation
> for advice about this.]
>
> There may be a list of advantages to making your .pdf file in Frame or
> PageMaker. The advantage I can think of is that Frame or PageMaker
> automatically produce a set of bookmarks. If I make a .pdf from other
> programs, I must produce my own bookmarks, a somewhat tedious
> process.
>