Help needed converting publisher files to pdf

[Debbie]

When I save a publisher file to pdf format the colours of my fonts sometimes
change. I've found this with red and pink colours - they come out grey in
pdf format. Why is this? What can I do to prevent this change from
happening??

Thanks,
Debbie

 

[JoAnn Paules]

What .pdf making program are you using?

 

[John G]

Do other colours come out correctly?

John G.

 

[Debbie]

I'm using the download from Microsoft to convert my Publisher and other
Office documents to pdf. So under File I choose Publish as PDF and
Publisher does the conversion.

What .pdf making program are you using?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

When I save a publisher file to pdf format the colours of my fonts
sometimes
change. I've found this with red and pink colours - they come out grey in
pdf format. Why is this? What can I do to prevent this change from
happening??

Thanks,
Debbie

 

[Debbie]

Yes, I've used the Publish as PDF a number of times and didn't seem to have
any trouble with anything until I did a poster using a Publisher Template
that had a red font. It came out grey when published to PDF and then
yesterday I made another poster and the pinky/burgundy colour is coming out
grey. It's the same colour that's in a piece of clip art I'm using on the
poster. The colour is fine in the piece of clip art but the text turns grey.
I'm baffled.
Debbie

 

[Mary Sauer]

Are you using standard fonts? Not all fonts are created equal. I've tried to
duplicate your problem and I cannot. I used standard fonts.
What template did you use? I'll see if I can get the same results.

 

[Debbie]

Ok... in publisher choose Flyer, Event, BBQ and the template has a cherry red
font. When I take that template and publish it to PDF the cherry red fonts
come out grey. (BBQ Title, Date, Time Contact Person) This happens right
away - I just opened the template and published it to PDF without altering
anything.

Not sure about using "Standard Fonts" - I've pretty much just used the fonts
from the templates or added my own text using Fonts from the Publisher menu.
I presume I'm using standard ones. The font publishes to PDF ok - it's just
the colour that changes to grey.

Thanks,
Debbie

 

[Mary Sauer]

Hello Debbie,
This is not happening here. I used both Acrobat and the Microsoft Add-in.
I don't know what is going on. When you "save as", click the advanced button,
are all the settings correct? Can you get color if you select a higher
resolution?

Maybe the add-in did not download correctly. You might try downloading and
installing it again.
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads...11-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en

Is your graphic/video driver current? Do all your colors look correct on your
screen?

 

[John D.]

I had the same problem and someone on this site helped me fix it. I could
not find the actual thread to give the right person credit but here is the
fix that worked for me:

even though you are not printing the document, your printer needs to be set
to print in color. Don't ask me why, but i went into print setup, changed my
local printer setting to print in color, and shazam! go figure.

hope that works.

now if i can figure out why some letters of my fonts are not displying
correctly, i'll be a happy camper.