Problems converting Word documents to PDF

Hi Suzanne, can send over a simple file depicting the behavior. You can upload it on any file sharing server or you can email it directly to me on mail_kashif@yahoo.co.in
Also please mention that is this file working properly in Word 2003 (if you have it installed). If you don't have Word 2003 then what's the behavior when this Word 2007 file is printed on to Adobe PDF printer.

Unfortunately I am still unable to find a solution the issue that I have succinctly described as follows:

You can include a PRINT field in Word 2007 that will instruct Acrobat to create the named destination when the file is PDF'ed. You can include these PRINT fields for any point in the file where you want a named destination. The PRINT field is in this form:

{PRINT "[ /Dest /MyDest /DEST pdfmark"}

where "MyDest" is the destination name you want.

This code is pdfmark, which is a PostScript-language extension that describes features that are present in PDF, but not in standard PostScript. It is a language that the Acrobat Distiller understands and will correctly render when it creates a PDF file.

To work with PRINT fields in Word, you must have the option "Show field codes instead of their values" selected. (I find it helpful to have field shading turned on, too.) Note that you can insert one PRINT field, then copy/paste it at other destinations and change the destination name accordingly.

This is not achievable utilising Word 2007 (in that the named destination fields are not being transferred to the PDF document) in conjunction with either the Microsoft PDF Maker or any Adobe products. It will create quite a number of issues with other users endeavouring to create on-line help documentation utilising Word as the source document.

I really need some assistance with this matter.

Suzanne

Hi James,

more than one year ago you posted this problem with the solid black, which embedded Excel-Files are printed in after converting it to PDF.

Now we have the same problem, after we updates our MS-Office to 2007. Do you have found the solutionof this problem?

Adobe Acrobat just does not work. I need to be able to convert a Word document and have the hyperlinks work (including the TOC). Use to work fine in Acrobat 6, but it crashed and refuses to re-install. Since I had Acrobat 7, I installed that. Yes, I can create a PDF, but the links don't work unless you use Tagged PDF. On a long document - it hangs at 3% even after 40 minutes.

I am looking for a replacement software package. Adobe - you suck!

The borders are there and you can see them if you zoom in into the PDF.
Try this in Acrobat goto Edit-> Preferences.In the left hand side panel choose 'Page Display' and under rendering uncheck 'smooth images' and 'smooth line art' option.

I am working with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional and MS Word 2003. I have tables throughout the word document with the same borders, but when I print to pdf, only some of the borders appear on screen. When I print the new pdf however, all of the borders appear properly on paper. Any advice to make them appear on screen for all of the tables all of the time?

I have exactly the same problem as Dave Grice. XP, MS Word (Office) 2003, Adobe Acrobat 8. It WAS working, then got an online notification of an update, accepted that update. Coincidence, maybe, but since the update, PDF conversion has not worked.

PDF conversion failed please correct the error and retry

Please can somebody help........????

I have XP Pro SP2 with Acrobat Professional V8 and Microsoft Office 2003. Acrobat has worked fine until recently, but now, when I try to create a PDF from a Word document within Acrobat, it starts to create and at 10%, I get the above fault message. I also occasionally/rarely get a second message reading "Adobe PDF creation cannot continue because Acrobat is not activated.
Click Retry after activating Acrobat to continue printing.
Click Cancel to quit PDF creation"

If I try to create a PDF from within Word, it gets to around 50%, then the progress indicator disappears with Adobe Acrobat opening up in the background, having no document/pdf showing. If I check the save destination, there is no PDF saved there.

If I try to create a PDF from within Excel, pretty much the same happens.

My product is activated and registered. I've trawled the Forums and can see similar issues, but none the exact same.

I have tried printing a file to the PDF Printer in printer options, this fails also. I have repaired the Acrobat installation and numerous re-starts but to no avail!!

If somebody out there could help me I would be very appreciative, this is driving me insane!!!!!!!

Thanks in advance for taking pity on a tortured soul!!!!

I've been having similar difficulty with apparent compatibility issue between MS Office '07 and Acrobat. Adobe doesn't seem to have a solution. Until they do, MS does have a free "save as pdf" add-in available for download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en

Good luck, I hope this helps.

Hello,

I'm having an issue with one of my users. We are using Windows XP, Office 2003 and when I try to convert a word document to pdf. I see and error come up on the printers stating a printing error. I assuming this is going to the PDF Maker. I applied all updates on Adobe Professional 6.0 but still get this printing error. Any assistance you can provide is greatly appreciated.