Converting Pagemaker ext .p65 to .pdf

Unknown

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Jul 9, 2002, 1:49:57 PM7/9/02

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Will Adobe Acrobat 5 convert .p65 files to .pdf?

No, but when you purchase and install Acrobat 5 you can print the PageMaker files to PDF from PageMaker. This means, of course, that you also have to have PageMaker installed.

Lisa Hendricks

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Jul 9, 2002, 1:40:07 PM7/9/02

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Tom Geschwender

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Jul 9, 2002, 3:29:00 PM7/9/02

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Doesn't PageMaker already have a Save As Adobe PDF feature? Why would you need to buy Acrobat 5?

Unknown

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Jul 9, 2002, 7:05:42 PM7/9/02

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Yes, PageMaker 6.5 comes with Distiller 3.x, and PageMaker 7.x comes with something (integrated Adobe PDF library I think). But I suspect Lisa only has a collection of *.p65 files and wants some magic way to "convert" them to PDF.

De Siem

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Jul 10, 2002, 7:00:29 AM7/10/02

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PM 7 comes with distiller 5, only indesign has the pdflib.

Kimberly Reid

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Jul 10, 2002, 11:53:07 AM7/10/02

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how do you actually convert a Pagemaker 7 document to a pdf?

Unknown

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Jul 10, 2002, 12:06:53 PM7/10/02

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You are kidding right? Launch PageMaker then select Help > Help Topics. In the window that opens you will see "Creating Adobe PDF and HTML Files" in the topic list on the left side.

Kimberly Reid

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Jul 10, 2002, 2:04:53 PM7/10/02

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I've tried that and it doesn't work. I keep getting a message that it cannot send postscript to distiller and its creates a text documents that says

%%[ Error: rangecheck; OffendingCommand: setcolorspace ]%%

Stack:
[/Indexed [/DeviceCMYK] 255
(яяяюююэээьььыыыъъъщщщшшшчччцццхххфффууутттсссрррпппооонннмммлллкккйййииизззжжжееедддгггвввбббаааЯЯЯЮЮЮЭЭЭЬЬЬЫЫЫЪЪЪЩЩЩШШШЧЧЧЦЦЦХХХФФФУУУТТТСССРРРПППОООНННМММЛЛЛКККЙЙЙИИИЗЗЗЖЖЖЕЕЕДДДГГГВВВБББАААїїїѕѕѕЅЅ...)]
-mark-

%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%

Kimberly Reid

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Jul 10, 2002, 2:13:44 PM7/10/02

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Kimberly Reid

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Jul 10, 2002, 2:57:31 PM7/10/02

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I have tried it with a blank page, but I will. The graphics doesn't appear to be damaged. Is there a way I can tell?

Aandi Inston

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Jul 10, 2002, 2:42:21 PM7/10/02

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Could be a damaged graphic. Does it happen with a blank page?

Aandi Inston

Kimberly Reid

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Jul 10, 2002, 3:41:59 PM7/10/02

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Aandi

I tried the blank test and it worked. So I removed the graphics little by little to see which one was damaged and then it work. However is there any way to fix the damaged image?

Thanks!

Tom Geschwender

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Jul 10, 2002, 3:40:39 PM7/10/02

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Delete the graphic and try again. If it works, it's a damaged fraphic. Get a new one.

Guy Smiley

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Jul 10, 2002, 4:03:17 PM7/10/02

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"However is there any way to fix the damaged image?"

You could try opening the linked image file in an image editing program, saving as a new file, and then relinking to the new file.
-Mike Nitabach

Aandi Inston

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Jul 10, 2002, 3:40:35 PM7/10/02

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Make a copy of the document, and in the copy delete the graphic. If
the file now converts, the graphic was bad. There's no other way to
tell (that is, by looking at it).

Aandi Inston

Kimberly Reid

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Jul 10, 2002, 4:09:51 PM7/10/02

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Thanks Mike!

Aandi Inston

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Jul 10, 2002, 4:18:55 PM7/10/02

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What format is the image, and what application made it?

Aandi Inston

Kimberly Reid

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Jul 10, 2002, 4:22:32 PM7/10/02

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I don't know the format of the image it was sent to me but the document is a Pagemaker document. Is there a way to tell the type of image. Sorry I'm a novicc user

Tom Geschwender

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Jul 10, 2002, 4:29:33 PM7/10/02

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Double click on it and see what program, if any, it opens in.

Aandi Inston

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Jul 10, 2002, 4:30:48 PM7/10/02

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If you don't have the image as a separate file, there is very little
possibility of fixing it.

Aandi Inston

Guy Smiley

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Jul 10, 2002, 5:09:13 PM7/10/02

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"If you don't have the image as a separate file, there is very little
possibility of fixing it."

This is true, although there is one slight possibility. Pagemaker (at least version 6.52) has the ability to export a linked image as an image file. Once you export this file, you could try the "open and save as new file" trick already suggested, and then place the newly-saved version back into the Pagemaker document. Not very likely to work, but perhaps worth a try.
-Mike Nitabach

Unknown

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Jul 10, 2002, 6:52:46 PM7/10/02

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How about asking the person who created the PageMaker file to send you the image they used?

Guy Smiley

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Jul 11, 2002, 12:34:36 PM7/11/02

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"How about asking the person who created the PageMaker file to send you the image they used?"

That's boring. It's more fun trying to beat these computer programs into submission.
-Mike Nitabach

Tom Geschwender

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Jul 11, 2002, 12:37:15 PM7/11/02

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Even better idea. How about asking the person who created the PageMaker file to FIX the image they used?