Problems using converting word to pdf

[Matthe...@adobeforums.com]

I am having problems converting my word files to pdf. I get the file to look how I want and when I convert to a pdf every thing seems to get out of wack. I have used adobes acrobat(the comercial one not reader), primo pdf and macromedia pdf converter. Is there a way to get the pdf to look the exactly like my word doc? Any suggestions would help

Some more details to help

Ok I have a doc with some pictures, it has 2 columns on each page, includes a header and a footer and is in arial font. when convert to pdf some of the text that was previously at the end of one page gets bumped to the next or the stuff that is at the top gets bumped up. the pictures will move up or down sometime covering the footer. I use microsoft word 2002. I tried the latest primo and have adobe acrobat 5.0.

[Dean_Wi...@adobeforums.com]

I have had the same issue, and this worked one time. From the Word doc, go to Print. When the screen appears to confirm your printer, choose Adobe PDF. Try it that way if you haven't already.

[Matthe...@adobeforums.com]

I tried that with no avial

[Matt_...@adobeforums.com]

Word paginates a document based on printer selection, so one workaround is
to have AdobePDF set as the default printer from the start of your project,
and send the PDF results to your other printer devices when needed.

For your current project you may have to alter the document margins, font
size, or line and paragraph spacing within Word to get the document to flow
the way you intended for the AdobePDF printer.

[Dean_Wi...@adobeforums.com]

What could be the case when your pdf doesn't look right on the screen, but you print it and it's perfect? I have a doc with a table the is doing just that.

[William_...@adobeforums.com]

What do you mean by doesn't look right? That could mean a lot of things - give details.

As for the printer, you can select the Adobe PDF printer in the print menu and then go back to the document for the layout. Then either PDF Maker or printing should give you the proper PDF result. As mentioned, the reflow is common to almost all word processors.

[Ian_M...@adobeforums.com]

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