Convert to Adobe PDF

[ChelleSimm]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Intel

I'm doing the Adobe Acrobat 8 CIB and it says "Click on the Convert to Adobe PDF button on the Word toolbar." This button is missing. I cannot find it anywhere, any ideas on what could be causing this? Thanks

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

it never worked as it was supposed to. best thing is, if you can,
uncheck it in the menu setup.

The proper way to create a PDF from a Office document. is go to print
menu and choose AdobePDF Printer. and create one from there

I will brutally honest making a Pdf this way will be like watching 4"
of snow on the Ground melt until you can see the ground beneath.

Because the steps used are as follows:

Document is checked to see if good.
Then Document is converted to a hidden Post Script File.
Then that file is checksummed (checked). Then distiller is called up in
background and the PS is converted to PDF.
Then The PDF is checksummed. Finally the PDF is written to disk and
finally after the PDF is checksummed to see its okay then the hidden PDF
is created.

IF any checksum step along the process fails, then either the process
starts over or stops with no file being created.

You would be better of just saving file as PDF when you go to Print
document. That uses the Apple PDF engine built into the system to create
the pdf.

You can always open this in Acrobat, and edit the file their.

If you own 2008 you can go one better and save the file directly as a
PDF and Compared to acrobat and 2004 this compared to driving a
Corvette. While the other method is like operating a Model-T Ford.

 

[CyberTaz]

Phillip's comments notwithstanding I believe the instructions you're
following were written for the Windows version, where Word 2007 does have an
Acrobat tab on the Ribbon. Mac Word does not have such a tool in any
version.

What was provided on the Mac was a separate Adobe PDF toolbar as a plug-in.
As Phillip suggested, however, it was problematic & created conflicts to the
point where it was forced to be excised. I'll try to provide more once I get
home to my Macs later this evening.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Phillip;

What do you mean by all this?

I will brutally honest making a Pdf this way will be like watching 4"
of snow on the Ground melt until you can see the ground beneath.

Using the Adobe Acrobat 8.0 driver it takes literally no time to generate a
PDf. I just retested with a 13 page document which includes a TOC, Odd/Even
section breaks, captioned graphics, etc. From the time I clicked the Print
button it took less than 2 seconds to complete.

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

 

[Clive Huggan]

The procedure on the Mac, therefore, is to key Command-p to print, then
click on the "PDF" pop-down at the bottom left of the Print window. If you
want OS X to make the PDF, select "Save as PDF". If you want Acrobat to do
it, select "Save as Postscript" and Distiller will kick in.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[CyberTaz]

Hey Clive;

One more option that I would add to the list since my expectation is that
the OP actually has Acrobat 8.x:

Rather than using the Print dialog's PDF button at all, select the Adobe PDF
8.0 Printer from the Printers: list.

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

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

Taz. My instruction pointed that out. But pointed out the agonizing
steps the PDFprinter takes to create a PDF. It does work but it slow.

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

That the exact process PDFprinter from Acrobat takes to make a Pdf.

ON my G4 1.67GB PowerBook 17" 2GB Ram OSX.4.11 takes upward of 3 to 4
minutes to Make a Pdf.

On my G4-500 OSX.4.11 1.5 Gb RAM takes even more time up to 5 minutes.
this on a 2-3 page document. It converts the original file to a PS then
the PS to the PDF. with all the accompanying check some check in between.

 

[ChelleSimm]

Phillip's comments notwithstanding I believe the instructions you're

 

[ChelleSimm]

Thanks guys! Lots of help. I know where to come next time I have a problem. : )
Thanks again,
Michelle

 

[Clive Huggan]

Thanks, Bob. I only have v7.

I did just now, however, add "Adobe PDF" as a printer (under default). But
when I selected it to do a print job it required me to nominate a driver. On
doing so, it sent the job to my printer with that driver, then announced the
job was paused. Resuming it produced "Opening Distiller" but Distiller did
not open and did not produce the job.

Ah well, not worth getting v8 for, but interesting to know.

Cheers,

Clive
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[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

Now the Pdf Converter used in Office 2008 works great takes less than 2
seconds .

I created a PDF of recipes that were set up as 4x6 index cards all 100
pages (Cards took a second or less to process using the built in pdf
converter