Hello All -- -- Yes, I do this with Pagemaker 6.0 and OS 9.1, so it should be possible for Brad to do it with his setup. You do need the driver for a postscript printer (eg a Laserwriter) but you don't need the printer itself (I think).
-- You need to make the PDF in 2 stages. If your Pagemaker file is a longer publication and you want to PDF just part of it, set up the part you want to PDF as a number of separate pages, so that if printed normally, the pages you printed would include just the bit you want to PDF. -- Then open a print command to print the part (or all), but under 'Print Options' select 'Write Postscript to file' and insert a name for your file. This will generate a postscript file, with the default extension .ps. -- Then open Acrobat Distiller, which comes as part of the Pagemaker package, type in the name of your postscript file, and it will convert it to a PDF file. -- There also should be a 'Create Adobe PDF' command under the Pagemaker File menu, which may do the whole thing directly for you. However, I have found that this will sometimes give you an incorrect page output format, eg portrait instead of landscape. -- I should acknowledge the advice of Tom Vanderveldt in getting this working. Good luck! David Noel / 2004 Jun 8 ======================================= Brad Helden wrote: > > I have a puzzler that I am looking for an answer to. > > I am running Pagemaker 6.5 on Mac OS 10.2.8. I want to save my file > as a PDF but every time after I have set it up to do so a dialog box > comes up saying that i must select a Postscript printer to do so. > Problem is that I do not use a PS printer. Does anybody have a work > around for this PM version used with this Mac OS version? > > Thanks, > Brad > -- > Brad Helden > > Perth, Western Australia > ============================================================= From David Noel, Tree Crops Centre, Nut & Tree Crop Consultants <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Snail Mail: PO Box 27, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia. Phone 08-9381 7341, Fax 08-9381 2607 (International: +61-8-9381 2607). Web Site: http://www.AOI.com.au/nutconsult. ------------------------------------------------------------
