pdf file problem

[John C]

I am using Word 2004 for Mac to create a large file for a book. I need to
wind up with one pdf file. However, when I go to the print command and save
it as a pdf, instead of giving me one file, it breaks it up into five parts.
There must be something giving it a comand to break it up. The resulting pdf
files are all at section breaks. They are of different sizes.

 

[Elliott Roper]

I am using Word 2004 for Mac to create a large file for a book. I need to
wind up with one pdf file. However, when I go to the print command and save
it as a pdf, instead of giving me one file, it breaks it up into five parts.
There must be something giving it a comand to break it up. The resulting pdf
files are all at section breaks. They are of different sizes.

Well diagnosed!
Some section breaks, but not all, will cause Word to start a new print
job. Differing margins, and portrait - landscape swaps are guaranteed
to do so.
Google the group for a recent post from John McGhie which tells the
gory details of why this happens.
Don't fight it. Stick humpty dumpty back together again with one of the
free-ish PDF utilities you will find on Versiontracker.com

I use PDFLab.

 

[Phillip Jones]

Best way to prevent the problems is not use section or Page breaks.
Adobe says MS Office is unique in the way it does section breaks and
Page breaks. They claim they put far to much information in the breaks
for acrobat to read correctly.

Also another thing that causes problems is Blank Pages. Acrobat doesn't
read blank pages.

The way around that is create the blank page, type a line of some
Gibberish. then set text color of the gibberish to same as background so
its invisible. hit return until you are at top of next page. then when
you process the pdf, the blank page will appear. if it runs across a
blank page that is truly blank it will skip it and start a new job.
(Messing up you page numbers.

Well diagnosed!
Some section breaks, but not all, will cause Word to start a new print
job. Differing margins, and portrait - landscape swaps are guaranteed
to do so.
Google the group for a recent post from John McGhie which tells the
gory details of why this happens.
Don't fight it. Stick humpty dumpty back together again with one of the
free-ish PDF utilities you will find on Versiontracker.com

I use PDFLab.

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[Elliott Roper]

Best way to prevent the problems is not use section or Page breaks.
Adobe says MS Office is unique in the way it does section breaks and
Page breaks. They claim they put far to much information in the breaks
for acrobat to read correctly.

Adobe are probably right, but it is nothing to do with Acrobat, since
Mac's own print to PDF produces separate PDF documents split in the
same places. Find the post by the dreaded McGhie for why Word and the
Apple print system screw it up.

On the other hand, you can hardly expect people to avoid section breaks.
Like I said, don't sweat it. Join the fragments up in PDFLab or similar.

 

[John C]

I am using Word 2004 for Mac to create a large file for a book. I need to
wind up with one pdf file. However, when I go to the print command and save
it as a pdf, instead of giving me one file, it breaks it up into five parts.
There must be something giving it a comand to break it up. The resulting pdf
files are all at section breaks. They are of different sizes.

Thank you very much! Your answer saved me countless hours of tearing my hair.

 

[Phillip Jones]

Apple Apple licenses the acrobat technology to use in Mac OSX. One
reason they stay one to two versions behind in their ability to convert
to PDF. OSX.3.9 uses v.1.4 Acrobat 5. OSX.4 uses ver 1.5 Acrobat 6 When
OSX.5 comes out it will use v.1.6 Technology (acrobat 7).

Adobe are probably right, but it is nothing to do with Acrobat, since
Mac's own print to PDF produces separate PDF documents split in the
same places. Find the post by the dreaded McGhie for why Word and the
Apple print system screw it up.

On the other hand, you can hardly expect people to avoid section breaks.
Like I said, don't sweat it. Join the fragments up in PDFLab or similar.

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<http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/Jones/default.htm>

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[Elliott Roper]

Apple Apple licenses the acrobat technology to use in Mac OSX. One
reason they stay one to two versions behind in their ability to convert
to PDF. OSX.3.9 uses v.1.4 Acrobat 5. OSX.4 uses ver 1.5 Acrobat 6 When
OSX.5 comes out it will use v.1.6 Technology (acrobat 7).

Phillip. I think that is largely bullshit. Apple use PDF instead of
display Postscript because Adobe open sauced it.