Saving a pub file to PDF

Am using the 2007 beta office 2. After the technical refresh, I could no
longer save my file in a PDF format. Did download the pdf add in from
microsoft but now publisher says it cannot save the file. Anybody else with
this problem and do you have a work around?
Thanks

JoAnn
Sun Jan 21 12:23:19 CST 2007

That's because the current add-in was designed for the released version, not
the beta.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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"billb" <billb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Am using the 2007 beta office 2. After the technical refresh, I could no
> longer save my file in a PDF format. Did download the pdf add in from
> microsoft but now publisher says it cannot save the file. Anybody else
> with
> this problem and do you have a work around?
> Thanks

Ed
Sun Jan 21 13:16:33 CST 2007

billb wrote:
> Thank you. Is there a way to save to pdf with the technical refresh?

There was, as there was a version of the PDF add-in designed for the
technical refresh. As the product has now released, I believe that has
been withdrawn.

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org

JoAnn
Sun Jan 21 22:06:33 CST 2007

Search for one of the many free/low cost .pdf creating software applications
that are available. You'll have to "print" to a .pdf file instead of save to
one but I don't see that as a big issue.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




"billb" <billb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you. Is there a way to save to pdf with the technical refresh?
>
> "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> That's because the current add-in was designed for the released version,
>> not
>> the beta.
>>
>> --
>>
>> JoAnn Paules
>> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
>>
>> ~~~~~
>> How to ask a question
>> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "billb" <billb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F3D8CBFB-C3FB-403B-BDBF-72A0D9AB710B@microsoft.com...
>> > Am using the 2007 beta office 2. After the technical refresh, I could
>> > no
>> > longer save my file in a PDF format. Did download the pdf add in from
>> > microsoft but now publisher says it cannot save the file. Anybody else
>> > with
>> > this problem and do you have a work around?
>> > Thanks
>>
>>
>>

Judy
Wed Feb 21 14:15:25 CST 2007

I am using publisher 2007 full version. Nightmares with the installation,
installing and uninstalling and hours on the phone today to get it
operational finally. Now, it no longer allows me to use my pdf program.
Microsoft says pdf995 is a good program but it creates scrap on my computer
just like the program I already have. What happened here and why does
publisher interfere with this?

"billb" wrote:

> Am using the 2007 beta office 2. After the technical refresh, I could no
> longer save my file in a PDF format. Did download the pdf add in from
> microsoft but now publisher says it cannot save the file. Anybody else with
> this problem and do you have a work around?
> Thanks

Mary
Wed Feb 21 15:50:08 CST 2007

Download the PDF add-in
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD101950461033.aspx

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http://msauer.mvps.org/
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"Judy" <Judy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E933CB1A-1050-46AA-888F-FC054D780D85@microsoft.com...
>I am using publisher 2007 full version. Nightmares with the installation,
> installing and uninstalling and hours on the phone today to get it
> operational finally. Now, it no longer allows me to use my pdf program.
> Microsoft says pdf995 is a good program but it creates scrap on my computer
> just like the program I already have. What happened here and why does
> publisher interfere with this?
>
> "billb" wrote:
>
>> Am using the 2007 beta office 2. After the technical refresh, I could no
>> longer save my file in a PDF format. Did download the pdf add in from
>> microsoft but now publisher says it cannot save the file. Anybody else with
>> this problem and do you have a work around?
>> Thanks

JoAnn
Wed Feb 21 17:53:19 CST 2007

PrimoPDF works well with Pub 2007. That's what I have to use until Acrobat 8
is patched.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




"Judy" <Judy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E933CB1A-1050-46AA-888F-FC054D780D85@microsoft.com...
>I am using publisher 2007 full version. Nightmares with the installation,
> installing and uninstalling and hours on the phone today to get it
> operational finally. Now, it no longer allows me to use my pdf program.
> Microsoft says pdf995 is a good program but it creates scrap on my
> computer
> just like the program I already have. What happened here and why does
> publisher interfere with this?
>
> "billb" wrote:
>
>> Am using the 2007 beta office 2. After the technical refresh, I could no
>> longer save my file in a PDF format. Did download the pdf add in from
>> microsoft but now publisher says it cannot save the file. Anybody else
>> with
>> this problem and do you have a work around?
>> Thanks

Carygee
Sun Feb 25 06:28:00 CST 2007

I successfully downloaded and installed the referenced PDF|XML listed
below and relaunched Publisher 2007. Clicking on the Tools|Add-ins menu
reveals an empty executable files box?

What am I not doing?

Mary Sauer wrote:
> Download the PDF add-in
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD101950461033.aspx
>

Mary
Sun Feb 25 07:50:01 CST 2007

Tools, Add-ins...
Is the PDF plug-in listed? Do you get an error at all?
Troubleshooting - first thing we always ask people to do is to print preview and
print the publication. If this fails then we kind of expect going to PDF to
fail. (We would then want to understand why printing is failing, but this puts
us into the familiar print troubleshooting mode - check drivers, etc.)

If printing succeeds and PDF export fails, then we are interested in seeing the
file.
Can you write a short message to explain your problem to the Publisher
development team and attach your file?
http://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=227

The site still talks about beta feedback (we really should update that), but we
do monitor it and this is still the best channel for bug reports and
attachments.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

"Carygee" <carygee@aol.com> wrote in message
news:uEbIohNWHHA.896@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I successfully downloaded and installed the referenced PDF|XML listed below and
>relaunched Publisher 2007. Clicking on the Tools|Add-ins menu reveals an empty
>executable files box?
>
> What am I not doing?
>
> Mary Sauer wrote:
>> Download the PDF add-in
>> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD101950461033.aspx
>>

JoAnn
Sun Feb 25 08:40:53 CST 2007

It would be so much easier if you just downloaded PrimoPDF and then you can
make anything you can see on your screen a .pdf.

Personally I don't see why everyone is so psyched about being able to create
a .pdf from any Office file. I want the ability to turn *everything* into
one. I have confirmation pages for online purchases and even the
authorization number generated by my bank when I use online bill paying.
That way I have proof right then and there that a payment was issued, etc.
The add-in can't do that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




"Carygee" <carygee@aol.com> wrote in message
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>I successfully downloaded and installed the referenced PDF|XML listed below
>and relaunched Publisher 2007. Clicking on the Tools|Add-ins menu reveals
>an empty executable files box?
>
> What am I not doing?
>
> Mary Sauer wrote:
>> Download the PDF add-in
>> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD101950461033.aspx
>>

Ed
Sun Feb 25 09:27:16 CST 2007

JoAnn Paules [MVP] wrote:
> Personally I don't see why everyone is so psyched about being able to create
> a .pdf from any Office file.

Lots of reasons:
a) The PDF output isn't adversely affected by bugs in the printing
system (think transparent gradients)
b) Hyperlinks, etc., work (without having to have the full link address
in the document, or recreate them manually).
c) OpenOffice.org has had it for ages, and advocates of it have pointed
that as an advantage of their platform.
d) Fewer places for things to go wrong.
e) PDFs generated through Office are (according to discussions in the
Coffeehouse) tagged for accessibility; PDFs generated using the free
add-ins aren't normally.

Adobe's PDFMaker add-in doesn't have most of these problems, but is
rather unreliable and prone to causing application instability.

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org

Carygee
Sun Feb 25 09:29:59 CST 2007

Tools|Add-ins is still blank even after a second install (also
apparently successful) of the PDF|XML plug-in. No errors listed either.

HOWEVER, I now see that "Publish as PDF or XPS" does appear in the File
menu and does work?!

BTW, the XPS format intrigues me -- I'd love to see some competition for
Adobe on this front being a throwback user of a pre-Acrobat product put
out by WordPerfect eons ago called Envoy -- but I am unable to view the
publication, at least in my default Firefox 2.0 viewer. A Google search
for a XPS viewer points to lots of Vista opportunities but few WindowsXP
possibilities.

Mary Sauer wrote:
> Tools, Add-ins...
> Is the PDF plug-in listed? Do you get an error at all?
> Troubleshooting - first thing we always ask people to do is to print preview and
> print the publication. If this fails then we kind of expect going to PDF to
> fail. (We would then want to understand why printing is failing, but this puts
> us into the familiar print troubleshooting mode - check drivers, etc.)
>
> If printing succeeds and PDF export fails, then we are interested in seeing the
> file.
> Can you write a short message to explain your problem to the Publisher
> development team and attach your file?Tootls|Add
> http://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=227
>
> The site still talks about beta feedback (we really should update that), but we
> do monitor it and this is still the best channel for bug reports and
> attachments.
>

Ed
Sun Feb 25 09:29:08 CST 2007

Carygee wrote:
> I successfully downloaded and installed the referenced PDF|XML listed
> below and relaunched Publisher 2007. Clicking on the Tools|Add-ins menu
> reveals an empty executable files box?
>
> What am I not doing?

The Save As PDF And XPS Add-in is not a COM Add-in, and so does not show
up in Tools > Add-ins. Once it is installed you should see "Publish as
PDF or XPS" in your File menu.

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org

JoAnn
Sun Feb 25 09:41:20 CST 2007

Remind me to knock to wood. *So far* I've had no issues with .pdf files made
with Primo or Acrobat. I am excluding the fact that Acrobat v8 doesn't work
with Vista/Office 2007 right now. I understand why and can patiently wait
till it's patched in a short while.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




"Ed Bennett" <the_nerd@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> JoAnn Paules [MVP] wrote:
>> Personally I don't see why everyone is so psyched about being able to
>> create a .pdf from any Office file.
>
> Lots of reasons:
> a) The PDF output isn't adversely affected by bugs in the printing system
> (think transparent gradients)
> b) Hyperlinks, etc., work (without having to have the full link address in
> the document, or recreate them manually).
> c) OpenOffice.org has had it for ages, and advocates of it have pointed
> that as an advantage of their platform.
> d) Fewer places for things to go wrong.
> e) PDFs generated through Office are (according to discussions in the
> Coffeehouse) tagged for accessibility; PDFs generated using the free
> add-ins aren't normally.
>
> Adobe's PDFMaker add-in doesn't have most of these problems, but is rather
> unreliable and prone to causing application instability.
>
> --
> Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
> http://ed.mvps.org

Matt
Thu Mar 01 01:36:35 CST 2007

I wouldn't bother waiting for Acrobat 8 to get around to it. The XPS/PDF
filter that Microsoft has works great for Office 2007 files. I'm having my
customers and their clients switch to that as long as they keep everything
RGB. Primo isn't so bad, but the PDF/XPS plug-in just works perfectly well
as anything else.

Matt Beals
Consultant
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On 2/25/07 7:41 AM, in article #l35kNPWHHA.1036@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl, "JoAnn
Paules [MVP]" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote:

> Remind me to knock to wood. *So far* I've had no issues with .pdf files made
> with Primo or Acrobat. I am excluding the fact that Acrobat v8 doesn't work
> with Vista/Office 2007 right now. I understand why and can patiently wait
> till it's patched in a short while.

JoAnn
Thu Mar 01 04:59:33 CST 2007

I already own Acrobat v8. ;-)

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MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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"Matt Beals" <matt@mattbeals.com> wrote in message
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>I wouldn't bother waiting for Acrobat 8 to get around to it. The XPS/PDF
> filter that Microsoft has works great for Office 2007 files. I'm having my
> customers and their clients switch to that as long as they keep everything
> RGB. Primo isn't so bad, but the PDF/XPS plug-in just works perfectly well
> as anything else.
>
> Matt Beals
> Consultant
> Enfocus Certified Trainer
> Markzware Recognized Trainer
> (206) 618-2537 - Cell
> (720) 367-3869 - eFax
> mailto:matt@mattbeals.com
>
> Come visit me at:
>
> http://www.mattbeals.com
> http://forums.mattbeals.com
> http://blog.mattbeals.com
>
> Friends don't let friends write HTML email
>
>
> On 2/25/07 7:41 AM, in article #l35kNPWHHA.1036@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl,
> "JoAnn
> Paules [MVP]" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Remind me to knock to wood. *So far* I've had no issues with .pdf files
>> made
>> with Primo or Acrobat. I am excluding the fact that Acrobat v8 doesn't
>> work
>> with Vista/Office 2007 right now. I understand why and can patiently wait
>> till it's patched in a short while.
>

Matt
Thu Mar 01 12:01:02 CST 2007

On 3/1/07 2:59 AM, in article #S6#tC$WHHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, "JoAnn
Paules [MVP]" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote:

> I already own Acrobat v8. ;-)

So do I but the plug-in for Office is faster.

Matt Beals
Consultant
Enfocus Certified Trainer
Markzware Recognized Trainer
(206) 618-2537 - Cell
(720) 367-3869 - eFax
mailto:matt@mattbeals.com

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JoAnn
Thu Mar 01 12:23:35 CST 2007

Molasses in January is faster than Acrobat Pro v8 on my P3-550...but it
works!! ;-)

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MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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"Matt Beals" <matt@mattbeals.com> wrote in message
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> On 3/1/07 2:59 AM, in article #S6#tC$WHHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
> "JoAnn
> Paules [MVP]" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I already own Acrobat v8. ;-)
>
> So do I but the plug-in for Office is faster.
>
> Matt Beals
> Consultant
> Enfocus Certified Trainer
> Markzware Recognized Trainer
> (206) 618-2537 - Cell
> (720) 367-3869 - eFax
> mailto:matt@mattbeals.com
>
> Come visit me at:
>
> http://www.mattbeals.com
> http://forums.mattbeals.com
> http://blog.mattbeals.com
>
> Friends don't let friends write HTML email
>