OT - PDF conversion tool in MS Word

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BUB 209

Sorry about the off-topic nature of my question. there is a Microsoft Word
- General newsgrop listed in AOL, but there are no postings. My instructions
for converting a Word file to PDF in the Acrobat 5 help file instruct to go to
the Adobe icon in Word to perform the conversion, but I can't find any such
icon in Word 2002. Should I be using an earlier version of Word?
 
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

It's not a matter of what version of Word that you have. You need the full
version of Acrobat. The free Acrobat Reader does not give you that
capability.

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Hope this helps
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Graham Mayor

The Word.general newsgroup is an orphan that no longer exists on the
Microsoft server, but because of the newsgroup peering system has retained a
life of its own - or apparently not in your case :)

As Doug indicates, you need the full version of Acrobat (expensive) which
installs an add-in to Office that places the toolbar in Word. There are
cheaper PDF products (inclusing free!). See the link on the favourites page
of my web site.

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BUB 209

As Doug indicates, you need the full version of Acrobat (expensive) which
installs an add-in to Office that places the toolbar in Word.
Click to expand...

Thanks for your helpful reply. Sorry I didn't
make it clear in my original posting that
I do have Acrobat 5.0 full program and
Word 2002 installed.
 
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

Just guessing here:

From the View menu in Word, select Toolbars and see if there is an
Adobe/Acrobat item. If there is, select it.

From the Tools menu in Word, select Templates and Add-Ins and see if there
is an Adobe/Acrobat add in listed. If it is there without a checkbox, click
on the box to place a check mark in it.

Try re-installing Adobe Acrobat

If none of this works, go to the newsgroup at the comp.text.pdf link at
http://www.tinaja.com/psweb01.html and see if you can find and answer
there/or ask the question there.

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Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
 
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Jezebel

One more thing to try: go to Tools > Macros and check if PDFMaker.dot is
listed in the 'Macros In' listbox. If so, select it, then run AutoExec.Main.

This is only a one-off solution, but some Word start-up sequences by-pass
the start up routines that display the toolbar. (Such as starting Word as
your email editor from Act!)
 
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BUB 209

Thanks for the last two replies -
You've helped me enhance my
how-to pdf files on my woodworking
website.
 
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Gloria

I have another problem with PDF. I have Adobe Acrobat 5.0.5 and Word 2003. The Acrobat icon cannot be found anywhere. I have followed the instructions given to Bud 209, but they do not apply to Word 2003, it seems. I have tried reinstalling Acrobat 4 times, with the same results. Any suggestions out there?
 
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Graham Mayor

Gloria said:
I have another problem with PDF. I have Adobe Acrobat 5.0.5 and Word
2003. The Acrobat icon cannot be found anywhere. I have followed
the instructions given to Bud 209, but they do not apply to Word
2003, it seems. I have tried reinstalling Acrobat 4 times, with the
same results. Any suggestions out there?
Click to expand...

If you jump in on someone else's thread your question can be missed.

So which do you have Acrobat 5 or 4?

Acrobat 5 is compatible with Word 2003 given the latest update. 4 I am not
sure about - you'll have to check with Adobe
In either case, the add-in must be in the correct folder for it to work -
and in the case of Word 2003, that folder, by default, is
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP

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Jezebel

Graham, I tripped over that bit of prose to. I think the question was
intended as "...tried installing Acrobat four times ..." (not Acrobat 4).
It's the damned SMS generation.
 
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Graham Mayor

I have re-read it and see what you mean :(
Still - the answer's the same :)

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Gloria

I tried what you suggested, but it didn't work. When I was using Word 2002, there was no problem at all, but since I upgraded to Word 2003, the icon just would not display

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I have re-read it and see what you mean :
Still - the answer's the same :

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Jezebel wrote
 
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Graham Mayor

Is the add-in listed in tools > templates and add-ins. If it is and
unchecked or is not there at all it is in the wrong folder. Office 2002 and
2003 use different add-in folders. For Office 2003 the default is:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP

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