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Agreed! Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Sprague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 3:46 PM Subject: RE: [PDF] Converting Word Docs to PDFs > > The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > __________________________________________________________________ > > No, the only sure cure is to upgrade from Acrobat 4 to 6. > > There were countless font problems in 4.x, including the switch of fonts > from Helvetica/Times to Arial/Times New Roman, new and stringent embedding > restrictions, the default for Distiller was not to embed system fonts, and > the PDFWriter wouldn't allow any embedding. > > The issues people are currently having with Acrobat 4 are issues which first > appeared five years ago. > > The new version of Acrobat eliminates the majority of these fonts issues > (although one still can't embed restricted fonts). > > Upgrade is only $99 for standard - $149 for pro. > > Rich > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of display > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 5:40 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [PDF] Converting Word Docs to PDFs > > > The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > __________________________________________________________________ > > The only sure cure, as Leonard and co have said, is to embed all fonts from > your system folder. > Regards, > Chris. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aruna Aysola [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 30 March 2004 14:40 > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [PDF] Converting Word Docs to PDFs > > > > Since I am making a CD of all pdf files, I put a tiny note on the CD > > to download Adobe Reader version 5.5 or higher from Adobe website. > > > > aruna > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Ryan > > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:29 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [PDF] Converting Word Docs to PDFs > > > > > > > > I've had a similar problem I think. A file created in > Acrobat 6 when > > viewed on Acrobat 4 on another machine appeared to have some of the > > text overwrite on each other. What I did was, there was an update for > > Acrobat 4 and when loaded onto the machine the file appeared perfect. > > Perhaps this is the cure. > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Aruna Aysola <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > <mailto:'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:43 PM > > Subject: RE: [PDF] Converting Word Docs to PDFs > > > > I think I have a similar problem. > > > > I have many pdf documents made out of different > programmes viz., > > Microsoft word, Quark Express, Microsoft Excel. Some of these files > > have been made to pdfs in version 4, some of them in version > > 6. They are all fine. I am making a CD consisting of > all these > > pdfs. I made a single pdf consisting all the pdfs (through > > insert-page). > > > > I have version 6 of Acrobat and the CD looks fine on > my computer. > > The same CD on a computer > > which has version 4 of Acrobat Reader - some of the > heading fonts > > go funny. They get overwritten, > > squished etc. Is it the problem with the Reader > version? How come > > the individual files look fine, > > but when I put them together or make a binder the > fonts go funny. > > > > Any clues will be much appreciated. > > > > thanks, > > > > Aruna Aysola > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rich Sprague > > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 3:30 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [PDF] Converting Word Docs to PDFs > > > > > > A. System fonts (Times New Roman and Arial) do not > need to be > > embedded. > > > > B. The PDFWriter does not embed fonts...Distiller > will embed the > > copyright symbol. > > > > C. What version of Distiller are you using...the > PDFWriter was > > discontinued after version 4? > > > > D. It sounds like you need to upgrade...AB is at > version 6. > > > > Rich > > > > _____ > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of webmaster > > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:09 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PDF] Converting Word Docs to PDFs > > > > > > Here's a query I have regarding making pdfs out of > Word documents. > > > > I format the Word document to look exactly the way I > want it to. > > > > I then print it via Adobe Acrobat - which gives me > two choices... > > PDFwrite and Distiller. > > > > Distiller doesn't allow me to embed fonts so I > always choose the > > PDFWriter option. > > > > Trouble is... the resulting pdf file seems to > arbitrarily decide to > > mess up some of the text... letters will be overlaid or crunched up so > > they're unreadable. > > > > I can re-type the offending page in Word, export > that single page > > as a pdf and then replace the corrupted page in the pdf document - > > which is a time consuming but effective way of overcoming the problem. > > > > Is there a better way to do this? > > > > Also... I can't seem to find anyway at all of > getting the pdf file > > to embed the copyright symbol... It appears as a ? > > when I use PDFWriter so I know it's not been embedded and in Distiller > > it appears as the correct copyright symbol but when I upload my > > document to where I want it to go I keep getting the error message > > telling me my fonts aren't embedded. > > > > I've tried other free converters such as Win2PDF and > 995PDF but > > they seem to be impossible to format correctly. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
