Word "track changes" marks are removed when converting to PDF

[Sandy_W...@adobeforums.com]

I would like to make a pdf file out of a Word document which has tracked changes marked. No matter what I try, when I choose "convert to PDF", it removes the marked changes. How can I convert a Word document and keep the marked changes intact?

[Doria...@adobeforums.com]

Print to the Adobe PDF printer... using the PDFMaker does not convert the tracked changes.

[William_...@adobeforums.com]

Have you checked the WORD options to be sure that printing the "track Changes" is turned on? Acrobat can't do anything if you don't turn on the WORD feature.

[Gary_A.@adobeforums.com]

William: Sandy said they were on. It's known that tracked changes are lost when using PDFMaker.

[William_...@adobeforums.com]

OK, I missed that part. I wonder if the track changes might print if sent to the Adobe PDF printer rather than PDFMaker?

[Gary_A.@adobeforums.com]

Yes. The "workaround" is to make 2 PDFs. Print once to the Adobe PDF Printer to retain tracked changes. Print again using PDFMaker to retain bookmarks, etc. Open the second PDF and do Document > Pages > Replace to get the tracked changes into the PDF with bookmarks...