Why do I have to save before printing in Publisher 2003?

[summer]

When printing in Publisher 2003 I have to save all of my documents before
printing. How can I fix this problem?

 

[Ed Bennett]

When printing in Publisher 2003 I have to save all of my documents
before printing.

I can print documents without saving.

However, it is more advisable to save before printing, in case a system
crash occurs (Publisher can take quite a while to print).

Are you converting to Adobe PDF? Their software requires you to save first
for reasons never explained to me (something about the way that Adobe
preserves hyperlinks and stylistic informations)

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Sure does. I believe it started with v6. AND you don't have to do anything,
it just recognizes the format. Pretty darned intelligent program!

 

[Ed Bennett]

Considering Acrobat does not preserve Hyperlinks with Publisher it
matters not.

Adobe Acrobat 7 includes a Publisher add-in that preserves hyperlinks in the
same way that it does when using the add-in for Word in previous versions.

 

[Ed Bennett]

Hmmm I don't know if I will get to Acrobat 7.0
I don't have the need for it like I used to and 6.0 still works well
under XP2

The Acrobat 7 plugin correctly transfers single-colour transparency, as
well, regardless of whether the driver supports it. However, the driver
completely destroys gradiented transparency fills, turning them into
single-colour transparent fills.
The plugin does not support any of Publisher's colour output options, either
(although I think it will convert to CMYK itself, looking at some of the
options available).

 

[Mike Koewler]

Acrobat 5 works for all my needs, as does PhotoShop 5.

Mike