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Philip Smith
I need to open and edit a PDF file in Publisher but Publisher can't open PDF
files has anyone got any ideas?
files has anyone got any ideas?
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Ed Bennett
Philip Smith said:
Why do you need to open a PDF file in Publisher?
Until we know what you are intending to do and why you need to open a PDF in
Publisher, it is difficult to recommend an appropriate course of action.
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Mary Sauer
Do you have Adobe Acrobat (not the reader)?
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Philip Smith
I am a local district councllor in the uk. I produce a 3 monthly news letter,
I have been sent some example newslettes as PDF files. I will need to be
edit these to reflect my area and then print them. I do have adobi acrobat 6
but I cant seam to edit the file as needed using this software.
I have been sent some example newslettes as PDF files. I will need to be
edit these to reflect my area and then print them. I do have adobi acrobat 6
but I cant seam to edit the file as needed using this software.
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Philip Smith
Mary,
I do have Adobe Acrobat professional 6 but I can't edit the file to the same
extent I can in publisher and my printer is expecting a publisher file (I
need 5000 printing)
I do have Adobe Acrobat professional 6 but I can't edit the file to the same
extent I can in publisher and my printer is expecting a publisher file (I
need 5000 printing)
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Ed Bennett
Philip Smith said:
You could try ScanSoft's PDF Converter -
http://www.scansoft.com/pdfconverter/
However, the results are by no means perfect
PDFs are not designed to be edited.
The example newsletters are exactly that - examples, that you look at and
get ideas from. You then create your own newsletter in Publisher.
If you use GhostScript + GSView from www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ to convert the
pages to images, that you could then trace over with the tools in Publisher.
Or you could hire someone to do that for you, if you were feeling
particularly lazy
)
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Mary Sauer
Take Ed's advice...
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Gaderian
Philip said:
The PDF file is the final product. You need to find the original source
file that Acrobat produced the PDF file from (e.g. Publisher, Illustrator,
Designer, MS-Word, etc, etc.) Edit that file then produce the new updated
PDF file. If you do not have the original source file, then good luck.
Acrobat Pro can edit some minor typo's or graphics with the chosen plug-in
(Photoshop, PSP) or "add" some form functioning, comments, etc. But if
you're looking to edit the entire PDF document from within Acrobat, you're
better off producing a new one in MS-Publisher then creating the new PDF
file from the Publisher file.
What I do is keep the original file format (Publisher, Word, etc) so when
the PDF file needs updating or editing, I trash it and make a new one.
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JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]
If you have Acrobat (and not just Reader), you can edit the .pdf file
without using Publisher.
without using Publisher.
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Ed Bennett
JoAnn Paules said:
But it's not easy, it balloons the filesize, and it is not a good way to do
things. Acrobat is not a DTP tool.
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JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]
I never said it was the best way - just do-able. Ideally, the poster would
get the original Publisher file and edit that. Now THAT would be the best
thing but rarely do people want to do things correctly.
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
get the original Publisher file and edit that. Now THAT would be the best
thing but rarely do people want to do things correctly.
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
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Frank
You can also edit PDF's in Adobe Illustrator. I do it all the time in AI 11.JoAnn said:
Frank
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Ed Bennett
JoAnn Paules said:
IMO, ideally they would create their own great unique design rather than
using a "sample" newsletter as a template.
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JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]
Excellent point! But even I'm guilty of using a template for my newsletters.
Sure, I've tweaked them a little but why re-create the wheel if you don't
have to.
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Sure, I've tweaked them a little but why re-create the wheel if you don't
have to.
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]