MS Office Word 2003 how to "print to file"

[emay4690]

I want to use MS Office Outlook 2003's PRINT TO FILE option. This requires
the PRINT TO FILE option be checkmarked in the PRINT WINDOW. This will give
the file a ".prn" format. Has anyone used this option successfully and been
able to print file later on various printers? I have also wanted to use
this for MS Word documents.

I think that ".prn" formated documents cannot be changed and are able to be
printed at outsourced printers.

 

[Gordon]

I want to use MS Office Outlook 2003's PRINT TO FILE option. This
requires
the PRINT TO FILE option be checkmarked in the PRINT WINDOW. This will
give
the file a ".prn" format. Has anyone used this option successfully and
been
able to print file later on various printers? I have also wanted to use
this for MS Word documents.

I think that ".prn" formated documents cannot be changed and are able to
be
printed at outsourced printers.

Can I ask what your logic is behind this?
Wouldn't it be much simpler to export the document to a pdf file?

 

[Bob I]

No, the PRN file is PRINTER specific. Print to the Document Image writer
if you want to "print the current version" of the document later.

 

[Gordon]

No, the PRN file is PRINTER specific. Print to the Document Image writer
if you want to "print the current version" of the document later.

be easier to export to pdf, wouldn't it?

 

[Bob I]

be easier to export to pdf, wouldn't it?

If one has a PDF writer, which doesn't come with Office 2003, but MODI does!

 

[Brian Tillman]

If one has a PDF writer, which doesn't come with Office 2003,

Plenty of free ones, though.