Publisher to Adobe

[KitV]

I am trying to convert my Publisher file to Adobe by using the Adobe icon.
Have done this several times in past and now it is telling me "Printer failed
to create PDF file". How can I get this converted? What am I failing to do?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Maybe it has become disabled, help, about Microsoft Office Publisher, Disabled
Items...

 

[KitV]

Thanks for the quick reply, there are no disabled items.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Have you made any changes to your system since you last successfully created
a .pdf file?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Can you print from file? Is the Adobe PDF printer there or the distiller depending on
your version?
Adobe has updates for Acrobat. Might look at the Acrobat support documents. Can you
convert from Word?

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Out of curiosity, what happens if you bypass the icon and go to File > Print
and choose the Adobe PDF printer driver? Will that let you print to PDF?

--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com

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[KitV]

Yes, I can convert from Word.

Can you print from file? Is the Adobe PDF printer there or the distiller depending on
your version?
Adobe has updates for Acrobat. Might look at the Acrobat support documents. Can you
convert from Word?

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
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[KitV]

No system changes

Have you made any changes to your system since you last successfully created
a .pdf file?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I am trying to convert my Publisher file to Adobe by using the Adobe icon.
Have done this several times in past and now it is telling me "Printer
failed
to create PDF file". How can I get this converted? What am I failing to
do?

 

[KitV]

No, I get the same message.

Out of curiosity, what happens if you bypass the icon and go to File > Print
and choose the Adobe PDF printer driver? Will that let you print to PDF?

--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Is the printer visible when you print from file?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Read these support documents from Adobe
PDFMaker is unavailable in a Microsoft Office application (Acrobat 7.0 on Windows)
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/330984.html
Troubleshoot problems with Acrobat PDFMaker (6.0-7.0 on Windows)
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/317147.html

 

[Ed Bennett]

I am trying to convert my Publisher file to Adobe by using the Adobe
icon. Have done this several times in past and now it is telling me
"Printer failed to create PDF file". How can I get this converted?

What happens if you use the Print To File option to create a PostScript
file, and then drag-drop this postscript file into the Acrobat Distiller?

Does your publication contain large images? Do you have SP1 for Publisher
2003?