> What are the advantages/disadvantages of making a PS file and distilling > it > to a PDF vs the "Save as PDF" option? Thanks.
If you read this board regularly, you'll see that almost all problems relating to PDF production result from using Save as PDF. Just avoid it. Instead, print to the Adobe PDF virtual printer. It always works and does the same thing as creating a PS file and then manually distilling it-- all in one step. There is one time, however, that you might want to print to PS, and that's if you create "watched folders" in Acrobat. These are folders that Acrobat monitors. When a PS file appears in them, Acrobat automatically distills the file. The cool thing is that you can set up multiple watched folders, and assign one of Acrobat's .joboptions settings files to each. So when you create a PS file in that folder, it will be distilled with the particular joboptions set for the folder. If you find yourself needing to change the joboptions settings regularly, it can useful. Mike Wickham