Re: PDF Maker not working

Hi Scott:

Yeah, I think you can use PDF workflows if you are transferring only text
strings.

I need to transfer rich data content for collaborative usage. If it doesn¹t
transfer the Styles, Data Labels, XML tags, embedded binary objects and
numeric editing codes from the original, then the format is no use to us.

In most places I work, people very rarely print anything. In my current
position, the company is still stick back in prehistoric times where most
employees have only 15" CRT screens. So they tend to print "everything" so
they can read it. In my team, we all have 21" monitors so we can see what
we're doing...

Cheers

On 20/8/05 11:04 AM, in article BF2BCF97.DAF5%scottc.melendez@xxxxxxxxx,
"Scott Melendez" <scottc.melendez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have to strongly disagree with you John...
>
> Since implementing a PDF-based workflow, my team¹s paper consumption decreased
> by about 25%, and we¹ve cut down on both review cycle times and the time spent
> chasing people down to submit comments.
>
> If you are using PDFMaker..keep using it. Yes, you can print to the Adobe PDF
> printer, but any dynamic content (hyperlinks, for example) will be lost. Since
> the current version of PDFMaker won¹t convert Word Heading styles to PDF
> Bookmarks, if you have Table of Contents in Word, it will not have links.
> (This has been a MAJOR gripe for us with Adobe.)
>
>
> On 08/19/05 05:21, in article BF2C0BDE.1E5CD%john@xxxxxxxxxxx, "John McGhie
> [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I don't want a PDF :-)
>>
>> It's not a lot of use for the kind of work I do. Most of my published
>> information is to be re-used by someone, often for several different
>> purposes.
>>
>> So I tend to exchange data in Word .doc, XML or HTML formats.
>>
>> I have very few requirements where people need only to "Read" or "Print".
>>
>> Last time I used PDF was a large RFP where we specifically wanted to prevent
>> them from changing the document.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> On 16/8/05 11:48 PM, in article erMufkmoFHA.2156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> "mmmmark" <mdneely@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Do you not want a clickable TOC or links in your PDF or are you recreating
>>> them or what?
>>>
>>>
>>> "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>> message news:BF27F3AF.1E438%john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> You're right: last time it spluttered and died on me (hanging the whole
>>>> system!) was at a client site under Windows 2000. That was in March this
>>>> year...
>>>>
>>>> I try not to use it :-) So I haven't used it since!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 15/8/05 11:47 PM, in article #CZnw$ZoFHA.3068@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>>> "mmmmark" <mdneely@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've not experienced the problems you mention on the PC side. A good
>>>>> clean
>>>>> system seems to make it hum along without any problems. If you are using
>>>>> XP
>>>>> SP2 and Office 2003, you shouldn't have any troubles with it. I recall
>>>>> some
>>>>> difficulties back in Win2000 days, but lately everything has been peachy.
>>>>> <hopefully not jinxing myself by writing this> ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> PDFMaker is a necessary evil and I couldn't make complex PDFs very easily
>>>>> without its macros that transfer TOC and cross-doc links.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>>>> message news:BF23FB84.1E307%john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> The "Common Cause" is PDFMaker.dot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Be thankful it DOESN'T work :-) Most users on the PC (where it does
>>>>>> what
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> is intended to do) shoot the damned thing within a few days of
>>>>>> installing
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> because of all the trouble it causes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hope you mean you have 1 GB of RAM, not 1 MB. If that's the case, it
>>>>>> "should" complete. However, on a PC, you need better than half a gig of
>>>>>> RAM
>>>>>> to get PDFMaker to process a large Word document, and it is inclined to
>>>>>> hang
>>>>>> if you haven't got that. It is also inclined to hang on dual-processor
>>>>>> PCs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Basically, Adobe is simply an extremely sloppy coder that never seems to
>>>>>> test its stuff properly. We've had serious problems with this widget
>>>>>> since
>>>>>> at least 1998: you would think Adobe would have gone to Bangalore in
>>>>>> India
>>>>>> and hired one of the many software development companies there that DO
>>>>>> know
>>>>>> what they are doing by now :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 13/8/05 5:31 AM, in article
>>>>>> 1123875080.369524.286600@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "CJ"
>>>>>> <catalano2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have never been able to get the PDF Maker within word to function. I
>>>>>>> click on the Create PDF icon in the toolbar, I get prompted for a file
>>>>>>> name, I enter that and then I see that my Printer Utility opens in the
>>>>>>> back ground. Word displays a "Acrobat PDFMaker" status window. The
>>>>>>> progresss bar will move to about the 90% mark and then just hang there
>>>>>>> forever. I can switch to the finder and it doesn't seem like a file
>>>>>>> has been created anywhere. I can cancel the operation and return to
>>>>>>> using Word without any problem. I just can figure out why this action
>>>>>>> won't ever complete. I know I can Print and then do a print to PDF
>>>>>>> document, but I like the one-click option if it would work. Hopefully
>>>>>>> someone knows of a common cause for this problem.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> G5 dual 2GHZ, 1MB Ram, OS 10.3.9, Office X 10.1.6
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not
>>>>>> email
>>>>>> me unless I ask you to.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John McGhie <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
>>>>>> Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
>>>> me unless I ask you to.
>>>>
>>>> John McGhie <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
>>>> Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>


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John McGhie <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410

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