[WEB4LIB] RE: Changing Word Files to Acrobat files.

[Debra Lords]

Very interesting and helpful.  Thanks, Michael for posting the
question.  I've a follow-up.  What if you want to go the other
way around -- pull a PDF file into a Word document?  

Thanks.

-- 

Debbie

+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

Debra Lords			Experience is what you
dlords at library.utah.edu		have just right after 
ACLIS Labs			you need it.
585-9810

Steve Herminghausen wrote:
> 
> First question:  Do you have Adobe Acrobat?  (Not just the reader.)  The
> full installation of Acrobat 4 contains conversion filters for Word and will
> even place a "create PDF file" button on your Word toolbar.
> 
> Second question:  If you don't have Acrobat, are you using the distiller
> that came with PageMaker?  If you have only distiller there's a simpler way
> than what you're doing.  You should be able to print your Word file to a
> postscript file and then distill the Postscript file.  Essentially what's
> happening is that by "printing" to a postscript file you're saving an image
> of your Word file which is then converted to PDF using the distiller.  So,
> there shouldn't be any need to reformat as long as you're happy with the way
> things look in Word.  Two caveats for this method, though.  You'll need to
> have drivers for a Postscript printer installed, and you may need to embed
> fonts if you're experiencing problems with printing or reformatting of what
> you're trying to convert.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Steve Herminghausen
> Reference Librarian
> Northwest Library
> 2280 Hard Rd.
> Columbus, OH 43235
> http://www.worthington.lib.oh.us
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael A. Weber [mailto:webermi at alvernia.edu]
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 8:19 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Changing Word Files to Acrobat files.
> 
> Hello Friends,
> 
> Once again I am culling your collective wisdom.
> 
> What is the "best way" to translate a MS Word File to an Adobe Acrobat PDF
> file?