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Subject:Re[2]: word to pdf conversion From:"Ridder, Fred" <F -dot- Ridder -at- DIALOGIC -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 11 Jun 1998 14:37:23 -0400
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, sngotler -at- GOTLER -dot- COM wrote (in part):
>2. Print to postscript. Select "Print to File" from the Word print dialog.
>It will prompt you for the name of a file and it will add a ".prn"
>extension to your file name. You can't overwrite that. Then, convert the
>.prn file (it's really a postscript file) to PDF using Acrobat Distiller.
>
>The first method is faster, but you may not work as well with more complex
>doc's. The second method is slower, but I think it is more robust.
FWIW, the .prn extension *can* be overridden. In the Print to File dialog,
first select "All files (*.*)" rather than "Printer files (*.prn)". Then you
can
specify any file extension you want in the file name box. If you leave the
default "Printer files (*.prn)" selection, Word appends that extension to
whatever filename and extension you type in the file name box (yes, it
will generate double extensions).
And I do agree with you that printing to file and then running Distiller on
the PostScript is more robust than using PDFwriter.
