Do I have to have a printer connected to save as a .pdf

[John Surdu]

I want to save a Word for Mac document as a .pdf, but I get an error about not being connected to my printer. I'm using my Mac in Iraq, and I don't have a printer. Is there a way to convert to .pdf without having a printer connected?

I've used CuteFTP very successfully on a PC, but I wanted to test drive the native .pdf conversion on the Mac products -- which was a major selling point for me.

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[CyberTaz]

You do not need to have a printer physically connected & with most versions
of OS X you don't even need to have printer driver software installed to use
Word or create PDFs. [Going back a way you did have to have a driver just to
use Word.] The question is what exactly you're you're doing & what version
of Word/Office you have.

If you have Office 2008 & it's fully updated (12.2.3) you should be able to
go to File> Save As & select PDF from the list of 'Format:' choices.

With that or a different version you should also be able to use File> Print,
then click the PDF button at the bottom of the dialog & select Save PDF.

It's only if you do actually try to Print that you should see such a
message. Without more exact details about your Office & OS X versions & what
steps you're taking, though, it's difficult to provide more info.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John Surdu]

I have a fully updated Word 2008, but when I try to save as .pdf, I get an error that it cannot find my driver. I've never had a printer hooked up to this Mac yet.



CyberTaz wrote:

You do not need to have a printer physically connected & with most versionsof
28-Feb-10

You do not need to have a printer physically connected & with most version
of OS X you do not even need to have printer driver software installed to us
Word or create PDFs. [Going back a way you did have to have a driver just t
use Word.] The question is what exactly you are you are doing & what versio
of Word/Office you have

If you have Office 2008 & it is fully updated (12.2.3) you should be able t
go to File> Save As & select PDF from the list of 'Format:' choices

With that or a different version you should also be able to use File> Print
then click the PDF button at the bottom of the dialog & select Save PDF

it is only if you do actually try to Print that you should see such
message. Without more exact details about your Office & OS X versions & wha
steps you are taking, though, it is difficult to provide more info

HTH |:>
Bob Jone
[MVP] Office:Ma


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[John McGhie]

Have you also fully updated OS X? There's no printer installed in, or
connected to, this machine, and I save to PDF frequently.

Cheers

I have a fully updated Word 2008, but when I try to save as .pdf, I get an
error that it cannot find my driver. I've never had a printer hooked up to
this Mac yet.



CyberTaz wrote:

You do not need to have a printer physically connected & with most versionsof
28-Feb-10

You do not need to have a printer physically connected & with most versions
of OS X you do not even need to have printer driver software installed to use
Word or create PDFs. [Going back a way you did have to have a driver just to
use Word.] The question is what exactly you are you are doing & what version
of Word/Office you have.

If you have Office 2008 & it is fully updated (12.2.3) you should be able to
go to File> Save As & select PDF from the list of 'Format:' choices.

With that or a different version you should also be able to use File> Print,
then click the PDF button at the bottom of the dialog & select Save PDF.

it is only if you do actually try to Print that you should see such a
message. Without more exact details about your Office & OS X versions & what
steps you are taking, though, it is difficult to provide more info.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



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