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I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be
able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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You need the full version of Acrobat, or a clone equivalent (much cheaper,
and adequate for most purposes). Don't worry about the 'talking to each other' -- it will become clear when you install it. "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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Adobe Reader can only read PDFs, not create them. You don't necessarily need
the full version of Acrobat, but you need something like it. There are cheaper clones and trial versions available online. PrimoPDF is one that is frequently recommended. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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BTW - the program is now called Adobe Reader, not Acrobat Reader. It changed
sometime about 5.0. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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Suzanne:
Thanks for the advice. Two follow up questions. 1) Where would I get a trial version of PrimoPDF, is there a web link? And, what version should I get? 2) If I install PrimoPDF, should uninstall Adobe Reader 7.0 so that there in not some kind of conflict? Thanks John -- John N "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Adobe Reader can only read PDFs, not create them. You don't necessarily need the full version of Acrobat, but you need something like it. There are cheaper clones and trial versions available online. PrimoPDF is one that is frequently recommended. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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Jezebel:
Thanks for the reply. I have a follow up question that may or may not fit this group, but here goes.......... Would the full version or clone, also let me convert WordPefect files to PFD? Thanks, John -- John N "Jezebel" wrote: You need the full version of Acrobat, or a clone equivalent (much cheaper, and adequate for most purposes). Don't worry about the 'talking to each other' -- it will become clear when you install it. "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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Thanks for the correction. Old habits die hard
-- John N "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: BTW - the program is now called Adobe Reader, not Acrobat Reader. It changed sometime about 5.0. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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www.primopdf.com
No. Primo is not a reader and Reader doesn't create so there is no conflict. I actually have Primo, Acrobat Pro, and 2 other programs that can create ..pdf files and I have no conflicts. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John N" wrote in message ... Suzanne: Thanks for the advice. Two follow up questions. 1) Where would I get a trial version of PrimoPDF, is there a web link? And, what version should I get? 2) If I install PrimoPDF, should uninstall Adobe Reader 7.0 so that there in not some kind of conflict? Thanks John -- John N "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Adobe Reader can only read PDFs, not create them. You don't necessarily need the full version of Acrobat, but you need something like it. There are cheaper clones and trial versions available online. PrimoPDF is one that is frequently recommended. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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Anything that can be printed can be turned into a .pdf file.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John N" wrote in message ... Jezebel: Thanks for the reply. I have a follow up question that may or may not fit this group, but here goes.......... Would the full version or clone, also let me convert WordPefect files to PFD? Thanks, John -- John N "Jezebel" wrote: You need the full version of Acrobat, or a clone equivalent (much cheaper, and adequate for most purposes). Don't worry about the 'talking to each other' -- it will become clear when you install it. "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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I know - I'm an old dog who has trouble learning new tricks at times too.
;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John N" wrote in message ... Thanks for the correction. Old habits die hard -- John N "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: BTW - the program is now called Adobe Reader, not Acrobat Reader. It changed sometime about 5.0. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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Hi JoAnn:
Thanks for all your replies, I really appreciate it. I do have a related PDF question, but am not sure this is the correct newsgroup to ask it, so if I need to ask this somewhere else, please let me know. We have a small office. What I would really like to do, is receive incoming faxes on my computer, rather than a fax machine. I would like to have the faxes convert to PDF and then have them automatically emailed to my inbox in Outlook. WinFax was supposed to be the ticket to do this, but after many hours of working with it, and tech support, it just will not work on my computer. I have given up on Winfax for now. My question is, do you know of any other software besides WinFax that would convert inbound faxes to PDF and then email them? Thanks again. John -- John N "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: www.primopdf.com No. Primo is not a reader and Reader doesn't create so there is no conflict. I actually have Primo, Acrobat Pro, and 2 other programs that can create ..pdf files and I have no conflicts. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John N" wrote in message ... Suzanne: Thanks for the advice. Two follow up questions. 1) Where would I get a trial version of PrimoPDF, is there a web link? And, what version should I get? 2) If I install PrimoPDF, should uninstall Adobe Reader 7.0 so that there in not some kind of conflict? Thanks John -- John N "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Adobe Reader can only read PDFs, not create them. You don't necessarily need the full version of Acrobat, but you need something like it. There are cheaper clones and trial versions available online. PrimoPDF is one that is frequently recommended. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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Why do you want to e-mail them to Outlook (unless the Outlook in question is
at another location)? Fax files are usually in some graphic format of other - in the case of Microsoft Fax it would be TIFF. You can print to a PDF creation tool as discussed, or you could use a file converter such as the excellent SnagIt. You can then do what you want with the file. It is the 'automatic' bit that you will have problems with. Given the nature of what you are tryiong to do, you might be better investigating one of the on-line fax services. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John N wrote: Hi JoAnn: Thanks for all your replies, I really appreciate it. I do have a related PDF question, but am not sure this is the correct newsgroup to ask it, so if I need to ask this somewhere else, please let me know. We have a small office. What I would really like to do, is receive incoming faxes on my computer, rather than a fax machine. I would like to have the faxes convert to PDF and then have them automatically emailed to my inbox in Outlook. WinFax was supposed to be the ticket to do this, but after many hours of working with it, and tech support, it just will not work on my computer. I have given up on Winfax for now. My question is, do you know of any other software besides WinFax that would convert inbound faxes to PDF and then email them? Thanks again. John www.primopdf.com No. Primo is not a reader and Reader doesn't create so there is no conflict. I actually have Primo, Acrobat Pro, and 2 other programs that can create ..pdf files and I have no conflicts. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John N" wrote in message ... Suzanne: Thanks for the advice. Two follow up questions. 1) Where would I get a trial version of PrimoPDF, is there a web link? And, what version should I get? 2) If I install PrimoPDF, should uninstall Adobe Reader 7.0 so that there in not some kind of conflict? Thanks John -- John N "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Adobe Reader can only read PDFs, not create them. You don't necessarily need the full version of Acrobat, but you need something like it. There are cheaper clones and trial versions available online. PrimoPDF is one that is frequently recommended. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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The idea promoted by WinFax is that incoming faxes are dropped directly into
your Outlook inbox, so you don't have to start up the fax application to read them, you get the same message notification that you get for emails, and you can just click Reply to fax the response. That's the idea, anyway: I never got it to work. (And none of my clients uses fax anymore anyway, so I've long since stopped caring.) But why the OP wants conversion to PDF is another matter. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Why do you want to e-mail them to Outlook (unless the Outlook in question is at another location)? Fax files are usually in some graphic format of other - in the case of Microsoft Fax it would be TIFF. You can print to a PDF creation tool as discussed, or you could use a file converter such as the excellent SnagIt. You can then do what you want with the file. It is the 'automatic' bit that you will have problems with. Given the nature of what you are tryiong to do, you might be better investigating one of the on-line fax services. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John N wrote: Hi JoAnn: Thanks for all your replies, I really appreciate it. I do have a related PDF question, but am not sure this is the correct newsgroup to ask it, so if I need to ask this somewhere else, please let me know. We have a small office. What I would really like to do, is receive incoming faxes on my computer, rather than a fax machine. I would like to have the faxes convert to PDF and then have them automatically emailed to my inbox in Outlook. WinFax was supposed to be the ticket to do this, but after many hours of working with it, and tech support, it just will not work on my computer. I have given up on Winfax for now. My question is, do you know of any other software besides WinFax that would convert inbound faxes to PDF and then email them? Thanks again. John www.primopdf.com No. Primo is not a reader and Reader doesn't create so there is no conflict. I actually have Primo, Acrobat Pro, and 2 other programs that can create ..pdf files and I have no conflicts. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John N" wrote in message ... Suzanne: Thanks for the advice. Two follow up questions. 1) Where would I get a trial version of PrimoPDF, is there a web link? And, what version should I get? 2) If I install PrimoPDF, should uninstall Adobe Reader 7.0 so that there in not some kind of conflict? Thanks John -- John N "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Adobe Reader can only read PDFs, not create them. You don't necessarily need the full version of Acrobat, but you need something like it. There are cheaper clones and trial versions available online. PrimoPDF is one that is frequently recommended. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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Got the picture. I too never managed to get Winfax to work and gave up
trying. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Jezebel wrote: The idea promoted by WinFax is that incoming faxes are dropped directly into your Outlook inbox, so you don't have to start up the fax application to read them, you get the same message notification that you get for emails, and you can just click Reply to fax the response. That's the idea, anyway: I never got it to work. (And none of my clients uses fax anymore anyway, so I've long since stopped caring.) But why the OP wants conversion to PDF is another matter. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Why do you want to e-mail them to Outlook (unless the Outlook in question is at another location)? Fax files are usually in some graphic format of other - in the case of Microsoft Fax it would be TIFF. You can print to a PDF creation tool as discussed, or you could use a file converter such as the excellent SnagIt. You can then do what you want with the file. It is the 'automatic' bit that you will have problems with. Given the nature of what you are tryiong to do, you might be better investigating one of the on-line fax services. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John N wrote: Hi JoAnn: Thanks for all your replies, I really appreciate it. I do have a related PDF question, but am not sure this is the correct newsgroup to ask it, so if I need to ask this somewhere else, please let me know. We have a small office. What I would really like to do, is receive incoming faxes on my computer, rather than a fax machine. I would like to have the faxes convert to PDF and then have them automatically emailed to my inbox in Outlook. WinFax was supposed to be the ticket to do this, but after many hours of working with it, and tech support, it just will not work on my computer. I have given up on Winfax for now. My question is, do you know of any other software besides WinFax that would convert inbound faxes to PDF and then email them? Thanks again. John www.primopdf.com No. Primo is not a reader and Reader doesn't create so there is no conflict. I actually have Primo, Acrobat Pro, and 2 other programs that can create ..pdf files and I have no conflicts. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John N" wrote in message ... Suzanne: Thanks for the advice. Two follow up questions. 1) Where would I get a trial version of PrimoPDF, is there a web link? And, what version should I get? 2) If I install PrimoPDF, should uninstall Adobe Reader 7.0 so that there in not some kind of conflict? Thanks John -- John N "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Adobe Reader can only read PDFs, not create them. You don't necessarily need the full version of Acrobat, but you need something like it. There are cheaper clones and trial versions available online. PrimoPDF is one that is frequently recommended. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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Take a look at PDF995 at
http://www.pdf995.com/ It is free. Gordo "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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I can't help you there. I don't use faxes.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John N" wrote in message ... Hi JoAnn: Thanks for all your replies, I really appreciate it. I do have a related PDF question, but am not sure this is the correct newsgroup to ask it, so if I need to ask this somewhere else, please let me know. We have a small office. What I would really like to do, is receive incoming faxes on my computer, rather than a fax machine. I would like to have the faxes convert to PDF and then have them automatically emailed to my inbox in Outlook. WinFax was supposed to be the ticket to do this, but after many hours of working with it, and tech support, it just will not work on my computer. I have given up on Winfax for now. My question is, do you know of any other software besides WinFax that would convert inbound faxes to PDF and then email them? Thanks again. John -- John N "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: www.primopdf.com No. Primo is not a reader and Reader doesn't create so there is no conflict. I actually have Primo, Acrobat Pro, and 2 other programs that can create ..pdf files and I have no conflicts. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John N" wrote in message ... Suzanne: Thanks for the advice. Two follow up questions. 1) Where would I get a trial version of PrimoPDF, is there a web link? And, what version should I get? 2) If I install PrimoPDF, should uninstall Adobe Reader 7.0 so that there in not some kind of conflict? Thanks John -- John N "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Adobe Reader can only read PDFs, not create them. You don't necessarily need the full version of Acrobat, but you need something like it. There are cheaper clones and trial versions available online. PrimoPDF is one that is frequently recommended. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "John N" wrote in message ... I have Word 2003, and also have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. I would like to be able to take a Word document and save/convert it to a PDF file. I have not seen a way to do this, but I think it can be done. Do I need the full version of Adobe Acrobat? If so, how do I get the two programs to talk to each other? Thanks, -- John N |
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Try CutePDF. It's free. cutepdf.com -- Cardlaw |
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Hi..
Also take a look at an open source alternative http://www.osalt.com/pdfcreator PDFCreator acts as a printer driver - and support many of the more advanced features of PDF creation - among them encryption. best regards, Anders Rasmussen webmaster Open Source Alternative - www.osalt.com |
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