Anyone know how to change a Microsoft Publisher file to a .pdf?

[Kevin]

I have Acrobat, but it only seems to work with Word.

[Kristin AGD]

That is really weird. I haven't tried it specifically with Publisher, but I can print almost anything to .pdf with acrobat. Does acrobat not show up as a print option?

[lifesaver]

Originally posted by ktsnake
I have Acrobat, but it only seems to work with Word.

Since this is what I do for a living, I can answer this. You have 2 options.

First see if Publisher will let you save as .pdf. It might not. We dont use publisher, because printers and service bureaus wont accept them. I dotn know publisher. But that wont help you now, lol. If you can so it, it will be under the print menu. Remember, with the exception of Adobe prods (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign or PageMaker), the pdf creation function is not under the save as menu, but under the print menu. So youd go to print and pull down the printer selection bar to select the pdf writer (usually Acrobat). If its not there, go back and chack if you can save as a pdf. IF not, youre outta luck.

2. Buy or download Acrobat WRITER. Remember the reader is free, you gotta buy the writer. The brand name one (Acrobat) is a couple of hundred dollars. The off brand ones are only about $60.

Hope this helps.

PS: Your acrobat may have coem imbedded with Word. I found that to be the case more than once. Still wont help you with publisher. Maybe call Kinkos and ask them if their computers have publisher and you can export to a pdf. But remember, it'll be expensive and the kids at kinkos are idiots. They knwo nothing, casue the turnover there is about 8 minutes.

[jonsagara]

A cheap alternative to Acrobat is Win2Pdf, however, I'm not sure how it performs vs. Acrobat (I would guess that Acrobat is more robust and scalable).

[moe.ron]

Originally posted by lifesaver But remember, it'll be expensive and the kids at kinkos are idiots. They knwo nothing, casue the turnover there is about 8 minutes.

Agree.

[UGAGal]

If you have five or less files to convert you can do it for FREE on Adobe's Web site. Just sign up for a free trial of Create Adobe PDF Online.

[lifesaver]

Originally posted by UGAGal
If you have five or less files to convert you can do it for FREE on Adobe's Web site. Just sign up for a free trial of Create Adobe PDF Online.

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[kdurk]

Originally Posted by Kristin AGD

That is really weird. I haven't tried it specifically with Publisher, but I can print almost anything to .pdf with acrobat. Does acrobat not show up as a print option?

I am doing a newsletter - it is done in Word now. I am trying to find a way to email distribute it without people being able to forward it around for free. Someone told me to use Publisher somehow. Any ideas?

[ZTAngel]

Do you have an Adobe print drive? That's how I convert my Publisher documents to pdf. I just go to the print button on the file and then go to go to the "Adobe PDF" printer. It'll prompt me to save it as a file and then it converts it for me.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by lifesaver

Remember, with the exception of Adobe prods (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign or PageMaker), the pdf creation function is not under the save as menu, but under the print menu.

In WordPerfect, it's under the "File" menu: "File" --> "Publish To . . ." --> ".pdf."

FWIW (which probably isn't much since Kevin is using MS Publisher).

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

FWIW (which probably isn't much since Kevin is using MS Publisher).

OP = 2003

[DeltAlum]

Interesting. Our daughter is a graphic designer -- they don't use Publisher because they think it's junk.

Last week, she got a file from a client and couldn't open it, so she e-mailed it to me to see if I could open it and save it as a PDF and e-mail it back to her.

I tried, but I guess her file was in a newer version than came on my computer, so I couldn't even open it with the Publisher on my machine.

Thank you Microsoft.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Interesting. Our daughter is a graphic designer -- they don't use Publisher because they think it's junk.

That's because it is.

Last week, she got a file from a client and couldn't open it, so she e-mailed it to me to see if I could open it and save it as a PDF and e-mail it back to her.

I tried, but I guess her file was in a newer version than came on my computer, so I couldn't even open it with the Publisher on my machine.

Thank you Microsoft.

One of my absolute pet peeves working in the Publishing industry is the yahoos who submit ads in Word, with embedded photos, which we inevitably have to recreate in the proper program. And then they wonder 1) why it doesn't look exactly like the sent it in and 2) the photos are crappy.

Give someone a PC and some creative license and all of a sudden they're a graphic designer.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Interesting. Our daughter is a graphic designer -- they don't use Publisher because they think it's junk.

Last week, she got a file from a client and couldn't open it, so she e-mailed it to me to see if I could open it and save it as a PDF and e-mail it back to her.

I tried, but I guess her file was in a newer version than came on my computer, so I couldn't even open it with the Publisher on my machine.

Thank you Microsoft.

To be "fair" to MS (not that they need it at all), Publisher isn't really aimed at professionals . . . Adobe's products are pretty much the industry standard, and the MS products are more aimed toward your everyday joe putting together a newsletter for the junior league or little league.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Publisher isn't really aimed at professionals . . .

Your point is a good one. Actually, I've used Publisher for personal stuff and don't really have a problem with it, but my professional daughter has nothing good to say about it.

It does drive me a little crazy that newer programs with the same names as older ones have no downward compatibility.

I guess it's one way to sell new software.