Publish a document in Adobe

[DavidF]

Hi Don,

I tested this whole thing originally using an early version of Primopdf, and
then version 2, and now 3.2 without any luck. I tested the following in a
text box:

http://www.google.com/
http://google.com/
www.google.com
and for an email:
(e-mail address removed)

I also inserted a hyperlink in the proper manner by highlighting some text
and inserting the link. The plain text URLs and email address in the text
box did not show an underline as active links on the Publisher page, but
have automatically taken on that formatting in this post. The inserted
hyperlink did show an underline as an active link, and still showed an
underline after PDF production.

After producing the PDF file, I opened it in Adobe Reader 6.0.05. Neither
the text only URLs, the text only email, or the inserted hyperlink survived
the transition, though the inserted hyperlink was still blue and underlined.

Please let me know what results you get. Thanks.

DavidF

 

[Ed Bennett]

Thanks for taking the time to test this out. Did you perhaps have the
opportunity to test this using Reader 7 or 8?

Have just checked 7.0.9 (the earliest 7.x version available on
adobe.com) and the functionality is present (if somewhat annoying - it
opens IE, when my default browser is Opera, and misrecognises an email
address with a period in the pre-@-sign element (ignoring the period and
everything before it).

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I found it this morning. I stand by that procedure. It can be used to
convert a multipage newsletter into an email. If the poster doesn't have Pub
2003, then they need to resort to other software. We can't assume someone
does or doesn't have a current version of Publisher when others insist on
using older versions of free software. There's just no way to tell if we
aren't given all of the facts, is there?

--

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I was informed by a fellow MVP that the change was made in the 6.0.5 update.
I'm still trying to find a list of things that were changed in that update
but Adobe's site keeps giving me info on v7 or v8. And I've been very clear
about which version of Reader I'm talking about.

--

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

The point is that this is not an option in Adobe Reader 6. You may have
this
option in Acrobat full version, or perhaps even in the Reader versions 7+,
but it is not in Reader 6...at least where I can find it.

Do you have some other documentation that says this should work in Reader
6?

DavidF

Version 6 point what?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Not there in version 6.

DavidF

From the Adobe Reader Help file under Preferences - General Panel -
Preferences for viewing PDFs:

Create Links From URLs
Specifies whether links that weren't created with Acrobat are
automatically identified in the PDF document and become clickable
links.

Now admittedly this is from v8 but it also says the same thing in v7.
Perhaps you should check your Reader settings to see whether your
settings are not allowing this on your system. It would be terrible to
find out that your Reader isn't giving you it's full functionality.


--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


No it does not!!!! When are you going to quit telling people this?
Just
because you keep repeating it over and over again won't ever make it
true.

DavidF

Adobe Reader v6.05 (?) "recognizes" email addresses and URLs without
any intervention on your part.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


Hi,

I have a publisher file that i want to go on the web with Hyperlinks
and
all. I want it to be an Adobe file so that no one can edit it. Is
this
possible or is there a better way of doing this function?

JudyT

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I have an old laptop with 7.0.8 and it allows it in the preferences. I have
one more computer to check but I suspect he has v7 as well.

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--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[Ed Bennett]

I was informed by a fellow MVP that the change was made in the 6.0.5
update. I'm still trying to find a list of things that were changed in
that update but Adobe's site keeps giving me info on v7 or v8. And I've
been very clear about which version of Reader I'm talking about.

See here for old updates:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?platform=windows&product=10

"The Adobe® Reader® 6.0.5 update addresses a number of issues. It fixes
a potential file bloat issue when Adobe LiveCycle™ Reader Extensions
software is used, and it allows Flash® 8 content to be displayed
correctly within Reader. Furthermore, this update includes security
improvements that are rated critical. Adobe recommends all users install
this update as a proactive measure."

 

[DavidF]

Don,

Thanks for your efforts but you can tell from Ed's post that he has
confirmed my assertion. Adobe Reader 6 will not read printed URLs as active
links when the PDF is produced from primopdf.

DavidF

 

[DavidF]

So is this your way of admitting that you were wrong?

Here is your quote:
"Adobe Reader v6.05 (?) "recognizes" email addresses and URLs without any
intervention on your part."

Here is mine:
"No it does not!!!! When are you going to quit telling people this? Just
because you keep repeating it over and over again won't ever make it true.

DavidF"

Here is the response from Ed:

"I've just tested this in all available versions of Reader 6.x. No
version did it.

(Anyway, I dislike full web addresses in online PDFs anyway - text links
(which no PDF reader can add unless they're already there) are the way
forward.)

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher"


You have been clear about saying this will work in version 6. I have said
over and over again each time that you post this information that it won't.
Ed confirmed that it does not work in Adobe Reader 6. You don't have
to trust me...trust Ed.

I don't even care if you won't admit to being wrong. The whole reason I
challenged you about this was that you need to quit telling people it will
work with version 6. It simply does not.

DavidF

I was informed by a fellow MVP that the change was made in the 6.0.5
update. I'm still trying to find a list of things that were changed in that
update but Adobe's site keeps giving me info on v7 or v8. And I've been
very clear about which version of Reader I'm talking about.

--

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

The point is that this is not an option in Adobe Reader 6. You may have
this
option in Acrobat full version, or perhaps even in the Reader versions
7+,
but it is not in Reader 6...at least where I can find it.

Do you have some other documentation that says this should work in Reader
6?

DavidF

Version 6 point what?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


Not there in version 6.

DavidF

From the Adobe Reader Help file under Preferences - General Panel -
Preferences for viewing PDFs:

Create Links From URLs
Specifies whether links that weren't created with Acrobat are
automatically identified in the PDF document and become clickable
links.

Now admittedly this is from v8 but it also says the same thing in v7.
Perhaps you should check your Reader settings to see whether your
settings are not allowing this on your system. It would be terrible to
find out that your Reader isn't giving you it's full functionality.


--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


No it does not!!!! When are you going to quit telling people this?
Just
because you keep repeating it over and over again won't ever make it
true.

DavidF

Adobe Reader v6.05 (?) "recognizes" email addresses and URLs without
any intervention on your part.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


Hi,

I have a publisher file that i want to go on the web with
Hyperlinks
and
all. I want it to be an Adobe file so that no one can edit it. Is
this
possible or is there a better way of doing this function?

JudyT

 

[DavidF]

JoAnn,

Here is a link to the whole thread in case anyone wants to reference it:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...d+publisher+in+email&rnum=12#a97157111be42a33

Here is the statement you made in the thread that was wrong and that I
corrected:

"Now it can but if you still have Pub 2003 or older, nope. When I have time,
I'll update that article.

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--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

You don't have to buy and use a third party program as JoAnn suggests.
Everything can be done within Publisher.

DavidF"

You said that you had to use your procedure to send a multi-page newsletter
as the body of an email if one was using "Pub 2003 or older". I followed up
by giving you just one of several ways of doing it totally within Pub 2003
without buying third party software, that is also faster and easier. You
were wrong in what you said, but once again you won't admit it.

Now you are trying to rationalize and spin your way out of admitting that
you were wrong by saying that your procedure would be necessary for Pub 2002
or older, and you are wrong about that too. The option to send a Publisher
newsletter in the body of a message in OE was not even available in Pub 2000
and older, and I am not sure about 2002. But the bottom line is that in
EVERY version of Publisher there are ways of doing it without buying third
party software. Your procedure as per http://tinyurl.com/ype5px does work,
but it is unnecessary. Unfortunately proving it to you doesn't seem to make
any difference.

JoAnn, you just amaze me sometimes. Even after being presented with the
facts about this issue and the issue about the Adobe Reader 6 issue, you
just can't seem to admit that you are wrong. I would think that you as a MVP
would want to know when you are wrong. I would think that you wouldn't want
to keep perpetuating misinformation when you learn that you are wrong. But I
guess I was wrong....you are obviously unable to admit to being wrong and
are unwilling to learn...what a disappointment for a Publisher MVP.

DavidF

I found it this morning. I stand by that procedure. It can be used to
convert a multipage newsletter into an email. If the poster doesn't have
Pub 2003, then they need to resort to other software. We can't assume
someone does or doesn't have a current version of Publisher when others
insist on using older versions of free software. There's just no way to
tell if we aren't given all of the facts, is there?

--

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Perhaps this will help:

Subject: send newsletter in email
Date: August 18
From: Stickman

DavidF

 

[DavidF]

Thanks, but I have experienced some problems and conflicts with "upgrading"
adobe products, so I tend to avoid it unless necessary.

Consider http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php. It is a small file
download, loads faster, and has other advantages over the adobe Reader.

DavidF