EMF issues with conversion of .docx to .pdf
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Hello,
I am in the publishing business and I am curious if ther is resolution to the issue of EMF documents embedded in word files not being converted consistently with Adobe PDF Maker add in.
I know ther are work arounds, but we revieve documnents form clients with .emf files embedded in word documents. We would like to maintain the links created in word and also have these figures appear consistently. Has ther been a solution to this issue?
please refer to the link belowfor more information/context:
https://acrobatusers.com/forum/pdf-creation/emf-word-pdf-does-not-work/
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Perhaps you can advise us of the following:
- What version of Word are are using?
- What platform (Windows / MacOS) are you running on?
- What version of Acrobat are you running?
- Exactly what symptoms are you seeing? Scaling issues? Text issues? Color? Missing content?
With that information we might be able to assist you. A sample Word document for us to try out would also be helpful! 😉
- Dov
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Mr. Isaacs, thank you for the speedy reply! The contents of the figures are confidential so unfortunately I will not be able to provide them for you.
I am using the following:
Windows 10
Word: Office 365
Adobe Acrobat Standard DC 2015 release (Classic) | Version 2015.006.30504
I have checked the image file type to be EMF by converting the .docx to a .zip and examining the media file contents
The images fall into two catagories, the first is one where a plot appears to have faded and/or discontinuous lines. The second category is where the box around the figure appears, but the content is missing. We did not generate these documents, so I do not have acces to the raw figures.
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Yes, you've done all the necessary “homework” on this.
However, for us to follow up on this, we would need to have a sample demonstrating the issue. If and when you have such a sample that we can examine (and Adobe does maintain the confidentiality of any samples provided to us for debugging), please advise and we will follow up and try to see where the problem lies.
- Dov
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Hi,
I have the same problem. I insert graphics in word in .emf format and they display nicely. When I create the pdf from the ACROBAT ribbon some parts of the plot just move. It looks like the conversion does not keep information on the type of alignment that the text had.
I'm attaching a sample plot that ilustrates the idea (I can provide the .eml file). The axis labels are moved from its original position.
I really appreciate a solution to this issue since I need to call this type of saving format from a VBA macro.
I am using Word 2016 and Acrobat PDFmaker 2017. The .emf file is produced in R.
Is there any way I can avoid this behaviour?
Thanks in advance!
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