Word to PDF

[MichaelQ]

I have a large number of Word Docs that I need to share with people who do
not have Word. There fore I wish to convert to PDF, however many have a
background colour which does not transfer to the PDF document. Can you please
suggest how I can achieve this without purchasing Adobe Acrobat?

I am using Office 2008 and the documents are in Word 97-2004 format.

 

[CyberTaz]

The Backgrounds applied using Format> Background are intended for web page
documents only. There's no guarantee the backgrounds will appear as
preferred even if printed [or saved as PDFs] using Word 2008. In order to
include them in the PDF there are 2 settings in Word> Preferences:

In the View Preferences make sure that 'Background colors & images in Print
Layout View' is checked,

In the Print Preferences make sure 'Drawing Objects' is checked.

It may also be better to use the File> Save As - PDF method rather than
generating the PDF from the Print dialog.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[MichaelQ]

I had the settings as suggested but went through the process again and
unfortunately the same result. No colour in the resulting PDF.
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MichaelQ

The Backgrounds applied using Format> Background are intended for web page
documents only. There's no guarantee the backgrounds will appear as
preferred even if printed [or saved as PDFs] using Word 2008. In order to
include them in the PDF there are 2 settings in Word> Preferences:

In the View Preferences make sure that 'Background colors & images in Print
Layout View' is checked,

In the Print Preferences make sure 'Drawing Objects' is checked.

It may also be better to use the File> Save As - PDF method rather than
generating the PDF from the Print dialog.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

I have a large number of Word Docs that I need to share with people who do
not have Word. There fore I wish to convert to PDF, however many have a
background colour which does not transfer to the PDF document. Can you please
suggest how I can achieve this without purchasing Adobe Acrobat?

I am using Office 2008 and the documents are in Word 97-2004 format.

.

 

[CyberTaz]

Then it's possible that you're lacking current updates for:

OS X
Office
Your printer driver

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Susan Bell]

Hello,

I just had the same problem as the previous poster and a web search brought me to this solution.

I changed 'Background colors & images in Print Layout View' to be checked and it worked!

Thanks very much!

Susan

I have a large number of Word Docs that I need to share with people who do
not have Word. There fore I wish to convert to PDF, however many have a
background colour which does not transfer to the PDF document. Can you please
suggest how I can achieve this without purchasing Adobe Acrobat?

I am using Office 2008 and the documents are in Word 97-2004 format.
--
MichaelQ

On Tuesday, February 16, 2010 4:13 AM CyberTaz wrote:
The Backgrounds applied using Format> Background are intended for web page
documents only. There is no guarantee the backgrounds will appear as
preferred even if printed [or saved as PDFs] using Word 2008. In order to
include them in the PDF there are 2 settings in Word> Preferences:

In the View Preferences make sure that 'Background colors & images in Print
Layout View' is checked,

In the Print Preferences make sure 'Drawing Objects' is checked.

It may also be better to use the File> Save As - PDF method rather than
generating the PDF from the Print dialog.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac


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