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kevinr69346125
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January 2, 2019
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Word redline disappears upon conversion

  • January 2, 2019
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I have a word doc that is redlined. I save it as a pdf. However, the redlined items don't show up in the pdf. This used to work for me. Is there a setting I am missing?

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Correct answer Josh Hill PS

In the Word .docx, go to File> Save to Adobe PDF > Options > and uncheck Convert Comments. Addtionally this setting does not hold you will have to go and uncheck this box each time you wish to convert a Word .docx with redlines and comments. 

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Josh Hill PSCorrect answer
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December 29, 2022

In the Word .docx, go to File> Save to Adobe PDF > Options > and uncheck Convert Comments. Addtionally this setting does not hold you will have to go and uncheck this box each time you wish to convert a Word .docx with redlines and comments. 

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LaSuke
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April 15, 2022

I was able from the Word doc with redlines to do File/Export and Create Adobe PDF and the redlines were preserved.

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LaSuke
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April 15, 2022

Oops cancel that!  It showed up on my screen but when I tried to save the PDF I got an error.  Sorry!

 

peterb4620361
peterb4620361
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August 19, 2019

I have the same problem. If you "print to PDF" the redline shows. There's probably a better solution, but this works.

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    Lisa29411678uvwu
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    April 14, 2023

    Thank you. This worked.

     

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    Anonymous
    July 31, 2019

    Used to be able to convert Word redlines (compare docs) to Adobe, no longer works.  The only solution I found is to right click in directory on saved Word redline doc and say "Open with Adobe Acrobat" and then save as a pdf, then the red-line comments stay in text on pdf

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    January 2, 2019

    By "redlined" do you mean the results of Word's internal Spell-Checker? I don't believe they were ever a part of the exported file when you convert it from Word to PDF.

    kevinr69346125
    kevinr69346125Author
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    January 2, 2019

    I ran a compare in word. The compare function in word compares two word documents and produces a redline of all the differences between the two documents. However, when I try to turn that compare version into a pdf, all the redlined differences between the two word documents just disappear.

    try67
    Community Expert
    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 2, 2019

    How are you converting the Word file to PDF, exactly?

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