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Subject:Re: Word to .PDF files From:"David M. Brown" <dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com> To:Techwr-L post <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 12 Jun 2000 21:46:07 -0700
Jo Ann Kumpf wrote:
>
> If you have Word documents, what is required to convert the documents into
> .PDF files?
Not that I'm an expert, but...
When you install the full Acrobat, make sure to include PDFMaker in the installation options.
In Word, you'll see a new command on the File menu and a new one-button tool bar (the button has the Adobe Acrobat logo, a stylized red script "A"). Use the command or the tool to start the process.
For making page numbers in the index hyperlinks to the corresponding pages, you'll also want a tool called Sonar Bookends Activate ($195) from Virgina Systems. This nifty little tool will save you an hour or so of mind-numbing drudgery every time you create a PDF file.
--David
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David M. Brown - Brown Inc.
dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com
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