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> 1. In general, to create a PDF, you need to have a postscript (PS)
> printer defined on your (computer) system, and Adobe provides a PS
> driver specifically for Acrobat, but any PS printer driver ought to work
> (in theory, at least).
> 2. In the print menu, select the PS printer, select "print to file",
> then print to file.
> 3. Acrobat Distiller needs to see a .ps .prn extension on the file. Your
> "print to file" may have done it that way, or it may have created a .prn
> extension.
> 4. If you have a .prn extension, open the file manager (explorer or
> whatever) and edit the extension, changing .prn to .ps
> 5.3. Open Acrobat Distiller and tell it to open the .ps .prn file.
>
4. Select the folder to save the distilled .pdf to, and click <enter>
A pdf file with the name you have selected will be saved to the folder.
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Thanks.
Ted Hornoi-Centerwall
Technical Writer
Cotelligent
Theodore -dot- Hornoi-Centerwall -at- PSS -dot- Boeing -dot- com
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