Exporting to PDF from PageMaker 6.5

Michael O'Hearn

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Feb 27, 2003, 11:51:06 AM2/27/03

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When attempting to export to PDF from PageMaker I receive an error message reading: Error creating Acrobat Printer Style. And, of course PGMK freezes. Full version of Acrobat 5 is installed. Running System 8.6. Is this a PGMK, Acrobat, PPD or System problem?
Thanks

Buko

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Feb 27, 2003, 12:27:48 PM2/27/03

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Write your postscript then Distill

Paula Jull

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Mar 3, 2003, 12:38:24 PM3/3/03

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We have a related question. When we create a PDF in Pagemaker 6.5 the images jump from their original position on the page to another place. How do we fix that?

Steve Dunphy

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Mar 3, 2003, 3:17:33 PM3/3/03

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Similar problem. I have PageMaker 6.5 and Acrobat 4.0. I have used both the PDF printer and Distiller 3.01 to attempt to convert from PageMaker to PDF. Distiller seems to work a little better but I always get missing data, whole or half pages that are just blank. Doesn't seem to matter whether I'm doing one page at a time or twenty. All running on OS9.1 G3 with 128 MB ram. Suggestions?

Patty Topel

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Mar 3, 2003, 4:38:37 PM3/3/03

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I have a pdf problem also. I have been turning files into books and then (in this specific case) I have tried exporting them directly to pdf and also printing them to postscript and then distilling to pdf. Mostly it works fine. I have a problem right now with two files where the type is doing bizarre things. Strange spacing and weird overlapping type. I have run the internal diagnostic repair utility on the "problem file" and each time it beeps twice and then beeps only once when I run the diagnostic a second time. I do a "save as" and I figure it is fixed. NOT. The file is still acting strangely and my pdf looks terrible. Any suggestions??

Oh, and if I export the single "problem file" to pdf it works fine. It is only when I ask it to be part of a "book" that it explodes.

I have also deleted my PM65ppd.cnf to reset the defaults. What else can I do??

Buko

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Mar 3, 2003, 10:45:58 PM3/3/03

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P don't know I've never had the problem.

Now i don't use PM any more.

It could be an extension conflict, try optimizing the disks, run norton or DiskWarrior, Rebuild the desk top.

Unknown

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Mar 4, 2003, 12:55:19 AM3/4/03

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Have you tried making pdf files and then booking them with Acrobat? Sounds like a crazy conflict or a font problem.

Ken

Patty Topel

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Mar 4, 2003, 8:27:47 AM3/4/03

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I can insert the one pdf file into the other pdf file, the problem then is that I lose all my bookmarks. They don't carry over.

I just ran Norton, nothing there. I have even reduced the number of fonts open so that there won't be a conflict. No help there either.

Patty

Unknown

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Mar 4, 2003, 9:46:21 AM3/4/03

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Just out of curiosity, make some new files and try this procedure.

Ken

Kim Stover

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Mar 8, 2003, 4:01:43 PM3/8/03

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I am running PM 7.01 with OSX. When opening a document, OS 9.2.1 opens and then the PM document. I want to conver the file to a pdf, and so go to the chooser and selelce Adobe PS; return to the "Export" -- Adobe PDF menu. When I attempt to export to PDF, things seem to process smoothly, but then I get the following message: "...error in the PostScript file." I have placed tiff files into PM documents (with not text) and am able to creat a pdf. Help

Claudio González

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Mar 8, 2003, 6:40:02 PM3/8/03

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PageMaker is not carbonized. It doesn't even run too well in Classic mode. Boot in 9.2 and try again.