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Tach Robert, 0x2B859DE3 (PGP-PK-ID)
Robert M. Franz schrieb: Christian Faulhammer wrote: [..] I'm writing a running newsletter and I want to put it into PDF for it's compaction plus the Adobe reader is free. [..] and it sounds to me you need a DTP program, not a word processor, otherwise you could use plain text. Maybe OpenOffice Writer is a choice for you, it has direct PDF support. For a Newsletter that is primarily read on-screen and printed out on unknown machines - I can't imagine there's much Word cannot do in that field ... Esp. since you mention OO (which is a text-processor as well). I mentioned OO because it has PDF support, if Word is suitable, OO Writer will be too. V-Li -- Fingerprint: 68C5 D381 B69A A777 6A91 E999 350A AD7C 2B85 9DE3 http://www.gnupg.org |
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Hi Doug,
On the Adobe site itself you can create free PDFs. The link is: createpdf.adobe.com They let you make 5 PDFs for free with their online trial version. Anyway, has anyone been down this path and care to give me some hints to tools an/or procedures. If there is better forum to ask this question, please advise. They are competitors. is there some reason why Word does not allow .pdf as a save option? Best Regards, Ivan Walsh General Manager __________________________________________________ _____________ "Improve everyday office situations with pre-formatted Word Templates." Software Development, PM, QA, Proposal, and White Paper Templates No more starting from scratch with each project. Avoid last-minute emergencies. Evaluation copies at: http://www.klariti.com/templates/index.shtml |
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"ivan walsh" wrote in message om... Hi Doug, On the Adobe site itself you can create free PDFs. The link is: createpdf.adobe.com They let you make 5 PDFs for free with their online trial version. Ivan, Thanks but what do I do after the 5? I guess I could creat fake Yahoo ids. There is $10 a month fee thereafter and my club is non-profit and thinly financed. Then there is GOBCL which is totally free regardless of the number of times. Unfortunately, it has a size limit and I'm way over it. -Doug |
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"E. Barry Bruyea" wrote in message ... On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 02:00:50 GMT, "Doug Freese" wrote: Thanks but what do I do after the 5? I guess I could creat fake Yahoo ids. There is $10 a month fee thereafter and my club is non-profit and thinly financed. Then there is GOBCL which is totally free regardless of the number of times. Unfortunately, it has a size limit and I'm way over it. -Doug I think we've all been missing something. If you've got the Adobe reader, it will list a pdf printer on your printer list. Just print the file, as it prints to disk, thus converting any file to a pdf file. The source file is in .doc which does not save to PDf and the Adobe reader mildly vomits when you try to open a .doc. Am I missing your conversion process? -DF |
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This requires a separate application. The best is probably Adobe Acrobat
(not the reader). For your use, you can probably find a free application that will do what you want. I use CutePDF. Google for it. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Doug Freese" wrote in message ... I did a quick search on converting MS word documents to PDF and of course hit oodles of stuff. I'm writing a running newsletter and I want to put it into PDF for it's compaction plus the Adobe reader is free. Anyway, has anyone been down this path and care to give me some hints to tools an/or procedures. If there is better forum to ask this question, please advise. Probably a loaded question but is there some reason why Word does not allow .pdf as a save option? Thanks, Doug Freese |
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Earlier versions of Acrobat Reader did include this feature; Adobe Reader no
longer does. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "E. Barry Bruyea" wrote in message ... On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 13:36:04 GMT, "Doug Freese" wrote: "E. Barry Bruyea" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 02:00:50 GMT, "Doug Freese" wrote: Thanks but what do I do after the 5? I guess I could creat fake Yahoo ids. There is $10 a month fee thereafter and my club is non-profit and thinly financed. Then there is GOBCL which is totally free regardless of the number of times. Unfortunately, it has a size limit and I'm way over it. -Doug I think we've all been missing something. If you've got the Adobe reader, it will list a pdf printer on your printer list. Just print the file, as it prints to disk, thus converting any file to a pdf file. The source file is in .doc which does not save to PDf and the Adobe reader mildly vomits when you try to open a .doc. Am I missing your conversion process? -DF Yep. When you install Adobe Acrobat Reader, it installs "Acrobat PDF Writer" which shows up in your printer list. While in your Word Document, click on print, it will then throw up the printer list, click on 'Acrobat PDFWriter' and then click 'Print'. It will ask you where you want to put the file. Presto; your Doc is now in PDF format. You can read it, print it, or send to your nearest & dearest by email. |
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6.0.1. If you have a PDF writer, it is a relic of a version much older than
5. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "E. Barry Bruyea" wrote in message ... On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:11:44 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Earlier versions of Acrobat Reader did include this feature; Adobe Reader no longer does. I have V-5; what's the latest version? |
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The only "printer" of this type I have is called "Adobe PDF," and, although
I have had numerous versions of Adobe Reader, this was not installed until I installed Adobe Acrobat 6.0. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "E. Barry Bruyea" wrote in message news On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:53:17 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 6.0.1. If you have a PDF writer, it is a relic of a version much older than 5. No relic. I just cleaned and reinstalled all programs less than a month ago. As I said in my post, it is *not* a writer as such; V-5 installs Acrobat PDFwriter as a *printer* and is listed under the installed printers. Have you checked your installed printers? |
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