Re: Problem with 07 Office Pdf/Xps Add-in

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Excuse me for butting in here, but earlier in this thread you said that you
tried to use primopdf and it choked after converting only one and a half
pages. This implies that there is something on that second page that is
creating the problem. I would hazard a guess that you have some design
element hanging out into the scratch area off the page, and that would
explain why primopdf didn't work, and why the office pdf addon also chokes.
Study that second page. Try opening a new template and without making any
changes, try the pdf conversion. If successful, at least you know the
problem is with the specific file.

DavidF

"Menikos" <menikos88@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Mary

No, I don't have Acrobat and thanks for your kind offer. My current need
for conversion is not one-off, so I need to resolve this problem. I do
have pictures and they have to be converted along with my text.

"Mary Sauer" <mary-sauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Do you have Acrobat? I can save publications as .ps and open them with
the distiller. (Acrobat converts the file into a PDF).
Might be your document has some corruption going on. Turn off your
picture display (View, Pictures), will the conversion work now?

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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
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"Menikos" <menikos88@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Mary

Thanks for your response. My gripe now is only with 07 Publisher and
always with the same error message - Publiser cannot save the file, with
the Publish as Pdf or Xps function.

"Mary Sauer" <mary-sauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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With the Office PDF add-on you have to "save as". It will not be in the
printer list.

Are you getting an error message?

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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
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"Menikos" <menikos88@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello John

Yes, I have the 2007 version and downloading to Desktop was what I
did. I have also tried PrimoPdf but the result was not satisfactory -
incomplete conversion i.e. 1 and a half page out of 8.

Anyway, I repeated downloading the Add-in and this time I could
convert Word, Excel and Powerpoint but not the Publisher (cannot save
file), which is my main concern.

I have also tried Pack and Go for commercial printing to create the
pdf that way but it could not complete the operation.

I looked in the Print Setup, the printer name dropdown shows my
printer and Microsoft XPS document writer only even though my download
was for pdf and xps.

Any other suggestion?

Menk

"John Inzer" <oobie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Menikos wrote:
Hi John

Thanks for your response. Sorry I should have said that I've tried
what you've suggested and I got the prompt saying: Publisher cannot
find the file,
and I searched the net and came across Mary's posting.

I've tried printing with Word and Excel, as Rob suggested, but there
is no option to 'print or save' as pdf. The Print option shows only
Print, Quick Print and Print Review.

Menk
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Apparently, the add-in has not been installed.
I'm guessing you are running the 2007 version
of Office?

Just as an experiment...try downloading the
file to your desktop and install from there.

2007 Microsoft Office Add-in:
Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS
http://tinyurl.com/v46jc
or...
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en

Also...here's a free .pdf converter that may be
worth a try:

PrimoPDF
http://www.primopdf.com/

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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