Problem converting Word Documents into pdf

I have tried various pdf-converters but I find Open Office the easiest to use. So easy that I sometimes worry about the effectivity of the security settings...

hi

I work on a Mac. I created a PDF from a Word doc. The graphic looks great in Word and prints fine, but looks bitmapped on screen. The image is a JPG. Any ideas?

Rather than copying your PowerPoint slides into your doc, it might work better if you did screen shots of the slides, then inserted those as .jpg or .gif files. Also, think of whether or not the user will want to print your ebook. If it's screen only viewing, 72dpi images are fine. Otherwise, to print, save your graphics at 300dpi.
Good luck.

Hi,
I have tried to get this right for a few days now Finally found some info at

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=330729

See point 2 below.

Creating PDF files by using PDFMaker

You can convert Word files from within either Word or Acrobat. Because both applications use PDFMaker, you can achieve the same results in either application.
To create a PDF file from within Word:
1. Exit from all applications except Word to minimize processing time. To further minimize processing time, complete the following:
-- If the document contains several fonts, either reduce the number of fonts or replace TrueType fonts with Type 1 fonts.
-- If the document contains large or complex tables, reduce the number of columns and rows.

2. If the document contains hyperlinks, make sure that the page margins are .8 inch or larger.

3. To add features such as font embedding and compression to your PDF file, choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings. (To create customized job options settings with these features, edit the conversion settings. For more information, see "Editing the PDFMaker Conversion Settings" in the Acrobat Help.)

Isn't it totally obvious to anyone that the margins have to be at least 0.8 inches for hyperlinks to work.....
I made a new page format slightly larger and increased the margins. After making the PDF file i trimmed it in Adobe. Worked like a dream...

Roger

Roger

I had the same problem, till I ended up using Open Office and I was able to easily convert the Word docs to pdf and also have
hyperlinked URL's

Thanx ronsfi.

Sufficient PC memory (RAM) is very important. For years, I have been having troubles opening large pdf file. My pc either get hang or an error pop up.

After adding an extra RAM (now totalling 1G, everything is fine:)

May be you should add a RAM to your pc. It really speed things up. (RAM is different from the amount of empty space your hard disk has)

Hope this help.

maybe you should just get open office.

it has a function to export as pdf.

and it works

I am having the same problem - functional links in a Word doc do not convert properly to PDF. Some link incorrectly, and some do not link at all.
I think it might have something to do with the page breaks - the converted PDF does not have the same page breaks as the original Word doc. Ideas anyone?