Word redline disappears upon conversion

[kevinr69346125]

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?

[try67]

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]

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]

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

[kevinr69346125]

In word, clicking on File, then clicking on Save as Adobe PDF

[try67]

That's an internal Word function. If you have Acrobat you should use the

PDF Maker plugin (via the Acrobat ribbon) or the Adobe PDF virtual printer,

if you're on a Windows machine.

On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 00:20, kevinr69346125 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[ldbell210]

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

[peterb4620361]

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

[Lisa29411678uvwu]

Thank you. This worked.

[LaSuke]

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

[LaSuke]

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

[Joshua27740423h92y · Accepted solution]

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.