Create PDF results in fuzzy logo

I created a doc (Word or Excel) and used my corporate logo in the header or footer. I tried numerous sizes and formats (PNG, JPEG & GIF). In Print Preview, the image looks sharp. However, when I create a pdf, the image is blurry. I've tried lots of things to fix this - tried all the different image formats, tried different sizes, tried changing the quality settings in the PDF preferences - no luck. Always a blurry image in the resulting PDF. Any ideas?

What is the DPI of the image? On the first page of the PDF settings is the DPI setting of the PDF. If it is something like 600 dpi, you may need a 300 dpi version of the image.

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Hi Manoj
If your application generate a static html page, you can open those html files with Reports 9i and add a dynamic data sections which would be fetch the data in your html pages with Report servcies. However you can only run those modified pages as a jsp and show the output to browser window.
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Hi,
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Creating PDF from PowerPoint results in lines around images

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Create PDF from Search results...

Hello all.
I am currently creating PDF's of all my company websites. We are going to uses these PDFs as sources of information.
Basically, We are going to use Acrobats search functionality to search across a large number of PDFs of the websites. Lets say I search for "Cancer"
The search results come back with the PDF document title link and link to the exact page were the words Cancer is found.
What I would like to do it to be able to create one PDF based on all the pages located in the search results.
Is it possible to automate this process without having to physically open every page and extract it?
Cheers
John

Hi,
You can use Adobe Services to create PDF using Webdynpro.
You can display your search results from SAP R/3 in a PDF file.
Check out this link
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/1a/ff773f12f14a18e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
Thanks
Senthil
P.S. If you find the answer useful, allocate points.

Using Create PDF from Web Page; Resulting PDF is missing text

Trying to create pdf's from various web pages. Generally process works very well but some pages have missing text and bad formatting.   Specifically; http://www.robinhood.ca/Recipes/Occasions/Spring/Apricot-Tartlets
When I create the PDF; I am missing the text under "directions" and the description is truncated and forced to the far right.
Seems like I am missing a formatting or font setting but I have adjusted everything I can think of and have had no luck.
Running Acrobat Pro XI.
Anybody have any thoughts?

yes; looking at the source; seems that <table> is being captured correctly but the part that is missing is a <div>.    I'm not an expert at deciphering the page source but seems like that is the problem.
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Create PDF crashes webapplication

Hi,
We have a website that creates PDF-reports using SAP Crystal Reports runtime engine for .NET Framework 4 (64-bit) SP1. The site runs on Windows 2003 R2 x64.
The site (w3wp.exe) crashes every now and then when a report is generated in PDF. We cannot trace it back to specific reports, users or actions. It seems to be random. We don't have this issue on x86-webservers with the same application and CR-version.
We got a memory dump from one of the crashes. The dump can be found [here|http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZFVJ7FEZ] (zipped, about 330MB). Microsoft already analyzed this dump and this is the conclusion :
Here is my analysis: as you already noted, the stack goes from the SAP component to msvcr80, based on the method name (without the private symbols we cannot see the arguments passed etcu2026) it looks like they are initializing something which requires memory to be moved around, hence the call to memmove_s
0:076> kpL
Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
00000000`27ceec88 00000000`781b6a70 msvcr80!memcpy(unsigned char * dst = 0x00000000`26bbceb8 "???", unsigned char * src = 0x00000000`26bbceb8 "???", unsigned long count = 0)+0x1ec
00000000`27ceec90 00000000`41d69db4 msvcr80!memmove_s(void * dst = 0x00000000`00000000, unsigned int64 sizeInBytes = 2, void * src = 0x00000000`000001c2, unsigned int64 count = 0)+0x80
00000000`27ceecd0 00000000`41d6b2bc crxf_pdf!UXFInitializeW+0x1834
00000000`27ceed50 00000000`37b2d78f crxf_pdf!UXFGetExportFormatsExW+0x10c
00000000`27ceeda0 00000000`37da9c1a crpe32!CRPEConnectionInit+0x365df
00000000`27ceeef0 00000000`37da0b93 crpe32!MWCleanupProcess+0x4ffca
00000000`27ceefd0 00000000`37da54eb crpe32!MWCleanupProcess+0x46f43
00000000`27cef720 00000000`37d27bb4 crpe32!MWCleanupProcess+0x4b89b
00000000`27cef750 00000000`37d38964 crpe32!CRPEConnectionInit+0x230a04
00000000`27cef820 00000000`37d39a8f crpe32!CRPEConnectionInit+0x2417b4
00000000`27cefb90 00000000`37d39dac crpe32!CRPEConnectionInit+0x2428df
00000000`27cefbe0 00000000`37d3a45c crpe32!CRPEConnectionInit+0x242bfc
00000000`27cefd30 00000000`783917cd crpe32!CRPEConnectionInit+0x2432ac
00000000`27cefe20 00000000`781337d7 mfc80u!_AfxThreadEntry(void * pParam = 0x00000000`23e01f80)+0x101
00000000`27ceff20 00000000`78133894 msvcr80!_callthreadstartex(void)+0x17
00000000`27ceff50 00000000`77d6b71a msvcr80!_threadstartex(void * ptd = 0x00000000`77d6b6e0)+0x84
00000000`27ceff80 00000000`00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadStart(<function> * lpStartAddress = 0x00000000`00000000, void * lpParameter = 0x00000000`00000000)+0x3a
First, itu2019s interesting to note that the destination pointer does not look to be valid; the call to msvcr80!memmove_s comes directly from crxf_pdf!UXFInitializeW (there are no u201Chiddenu201D calls in the middle):
0:076> ln 00000000`41d69db4
(00000000`41d68580)   crxf_pdf!UXFInitializeW+0x1834   | (00000000`41d6b1b0)   crxf_pdf!UXFGetExportFormatsExW
The exception (an Access Violation) is actually thrown in msvcr80 while it is trying to copy the memory as a result of the move call:
0:076> .exr -1
ExceptionAddress: 000000007814e38c (msvcr80!memcpy+0x00000000000001ec)
   ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
   Parameter[0]: 0000000000000001
   Parameter[1]: 000000002c78b280
Attempt to write to address 000000002c78b280
Also looking at the thread registers confirms that the memory address is not valid:
0:076> r
rax=0000000000000009 rbx=0000000000000413 rcx=000000002c78b280
rdx=ffffffffff9329f0 rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000002
rip=000000007814e38c rsp=0000000027ceec88 rbp=0000000041dd42b0
r8=0000000005500dc0 r9=0000000005500dc4 r10=000000002728a4c0
r11=000000002728a4c0 r12=0000000041dd42b0 r13=0000000000000001
r14=000000002728a4c0 r15=000000002c78b284
iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz na po nc
cs=0033 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b             efl=00010204
msvcr80!memcpy+0x1ec:
00000000`7814e38c 8901            mov     dword ptr [rcx],eax ds:00000000`2c78b280=????????
Unfortunately without the private symbols we cannot see what that memory belongs to.
Anyway since I have access to all Microsoft private symbols, the fact that I cannot find this specific one I think means this is part of the SAP components. I think we can conclude the problem originates from the crxf_pdf.dll and manifests itself in msvcr80.dll because of some wrong parameter passed into that call.
All help would be very much appreciated.
Many Thanks,
Thomas

Hi Thomas,
Since you have RAS available use this code and test again:
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CR requires contiguous memory space so for large reports IIS may not be able to handle cleaning up it's memory fragmentation when objects are freed up. It's a common problem with Java app's also, Java doesn't have a good memory manager either.
Because of the lack of ability to pass files through Forums I suggest you purchase a support case if you don't have a Support Contract and work with a Support engineer here to debug the problem. We can get the PDB's for those files to you if that helps MS determine what their issue is...
Thanks
Don

FAQ: Creating PDF Files from FrameMaker v.6 & earlier Documents -- Why you should not use "save as PDF"! -- Windows & MacOS Only!

An issue that has come up over and over again on several FrameMaker and Acrobat/PDF email lists as well on the corresponding Adobe User-to-User forums is that of creation of PDF files. FrameMaker 5.5.6 and 6 have what looks like a convenient feature that is supposed to allow you to create PDF files via simply saving the document as a PDF file. I have gone on record as advising end-users not to use this approach for reliable creation of PDF files from FrameMaker documents under Windows and MacOS with FrameMaker 6 and earlier. Why do I most vociferously offer this advice and why doesn't the problem get fixed? And how SHOULD you create PDF files from FrameMaker?
GOOD NEWS
I will start with the good news. The "next major version" of FrameMaker will indeed have "save as PDF" re-implemented in a manner that it will be as reliable as printing to the "Acrobat Distiller" printer instance under Windows or the "Create Adobe PDF" desktop printer under MacOS. I am personally working with the FrameMaker development organization to make sure this really happens and is fully and properly tested and debugged! Furthermore, this next major revision of FrameMaker, unlike FrameMaker 6, will come with a Distiller installer that will properly install the "Acrobat Distiller" printer instance under Windows and the "Create Adobe PDF" desktop printer on the Macintosh (of course assuring that the latest PostScript driver is also automatically and correctly installed).
DON'T USE "SAVE AS PDF"
But what's wrong with "save as PDF" as currently implemented?
The following are some of the SYMPTOMS reported over the last few years by FrameMaker users that were traced back to use of "save as PDF" under FrameMaker:
(1) No PDF file is produced at all, possibly with a log file showing not-readily apparent PostScript errors during distillation.
(2) The PDF file "loses" color in images. All or some images (raster, bitmap images, NOT vector artwork) appear in the PDF file in grayscale.
(3) The resultant PDF file is on the wrong paper size, i.e., the document's logical page size does not match the output page size as seen in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.
(4) Some or all text in the resultant PDF file is blotchy looking or overly bold.
(5) Some or all text in the resultant PDF file cannot be searched or indexed.
(6) Some or all text in the resultant PDF file appears in Courier or in some other substitution font.
(7) Interword or intercharacter spacing is a bit irregular in the resultant PDF file.
(8) Content is missing in the margin areas of the page, i.e. you cannot do full-page bleeds.
(9) Some or all page content is missing (other than margin areas).
(10) Relatively inefficient PDF is generated.
If this list by itself isn't enough for you, please note that some of these symptoms are very subtle and may escape attention when the PDF is first viewed or printed. Oftimes, it is when one attempts to manipulate the PDF file in Acrobat or repurpose its content or even view or print on a system other than the one on which the PDF file was created, that some of these symptoms make themselves obnoxiously visible (or invisible in some cases I won't make any bad jokes here about graphic examples!).
It is important to understand that FrameMaker does NOT have its own native ability to create PDF. Any and all PDF created from FrameMaker documents is actually done by creating PostScript via the PostScript driver and having the Acrobat Distiller create PDF from that PostScript. The only exception to this is creation of PDF via the Acrobat PDFWriter driver, which is likewise not recommended (see below).
In order for "save as PDF" to work correctly, FrameMaker must do the equivalent of calling Printer Setup and selecting the "Acrobat Distiller" printer instance under Windows or the "Create Adobe PDF" desktop printer under MacOS followed by setting the driver's options correctly for paper size, page range, etc., followed by sending the proper commands to the driver to create PostScript.
Contrary to popular belief, PostScript as generated by the Windows and MacOS PostScript drivers is VERY device-dependent. The information in the PPD file associated with a printer driver instance provides critical parameters for generation of PostScript including:
Whether the printer supports color (Acrobat Distiller does)
What PostScript language level is supported (Acrobat Distiller 4.x and Acrobat Distiller 5.x are both PostScript language level 3)
Whether native TrueType support is available (Acrobat supports native TrueType as Type 42 fonts)
Available binary communications (Acrobat Distiller supports pure binary and ASCII, but NOT TCP, TBCP, or PJL)
Resident fonts (Acrobat Distiller doesn't really have resident fonts)
Available paper sizes and custom paper size availability (Acrobat Distiller supports a wide range of predefined sizes and continually variable "custom" sizes up to 200" by 200")
Margins / printable areas (for PDF and the Acrobat Distiller, there are no margins in which imaging is not permitted)
Device resolution (Acrobat Distiller can be set to any value from 72 to 4000 dpi; as a convenience, the Acrobat Distiller PPD provides a series of values for use by the driver. Since there is no inherent "resolution" of a PDF file, this parameter is used only for purposes of allowing PostScript programs that query for such a value to be satisfied and for the driver to be able to communicate this value to the operating system and/or application as required.)
Paper handling (totally irrelevant to Acrobat Distiller if input or output tray selection via "setpagedevice" is found in the PostScript stream, it is ignored by Acrobat Distiller)
Thus, if the wrong printer driver instance is selected (i.e., it isn't associated with the Acrobat Distiller PPD file) or that driver instance is improperly configured, improper PostScript will result and one or more of the symptoms described above can occur. As currently implemented, FrameMaker depending upon version will not necessarily choose the correct printer driver instance and/or correctly parameterize the print job via driver setup options. In fact, FrameMaker 5,5,6 might even try to generate PDF via calling a PCL driver, FAX driver, or even a non-PostScript inkjet printer!
DON'T USE PDFWRITER
The Acrobat PDFWriter is a relic of older versions of Acrobat. In fact, it is no longer installed by default in the "easy install" or the "typical install" of Acrobat 5. It hasn't really be updated since Acrobat 3 and only supports PDF 1.2. It is a GDI (Windows) / QuickDraw (MacOS) driver that directly generates PDF without any intermediary PostScript. Since it is not a PostScript printer driver, applications cannot pass through EPS graphics and/or PDFMark information (used for a wide variety of purposes by FrameMaker). For EPS graphics, most applications will send the low resolution TIFF (or PICT) EPS header in lieu of the PostScript text, if they send anything at all, to the driver. Forget about links, structure, or any other PDF "goodies." Expect that PDFWriter will fully "bite the dust" in the next major version of Acrobat.
SO HOW DO I GENERATE PDF FILES FROM FRAMEMAKER 6 & EARLIER?
The ONLY method that is really reliable for producing PDF files with FrameMaker 6 and earlier requires the generation of PostScript via a properly set printer driver instance associated with the Acrobat Distiller PPD and distillation of the resultant PostScript by Acrobat Distiller.
Case 1: FrameMaker and the Full Acrobat 4.05 or Acrobat 5.0x Products
PDF file from a "chapter" -- print directly to the Acrobat Distiller printer instance (Windows) or the Create Adobe PDF desktop printer (MacOS) already installed by Acrobat. If you check the "Acrobat data" option, then make sure to UNcheck the "print to file" option that gets set at the same time. As a result, the driver will automatically send the generated PostScript to the Distiller for you and delete the intermediate PostScript when done.
PDF file from a "book" -- print directly to the Acrobat Distiller printer instance with the "print to file" option checked (Windows) or the Virtual Printer desktop printer (MacOS) associated with the Distiller PPD (see details below under Case 2/MacOS). You will need to manually process the resultant PostScript file through the Distiller (or use a "watched folder" arrangement).
In both the above sub-cases, the default driver options generally will be OK, but check on paper size and communication protocol (Use pure binary, not ASCII, for optimal performance AND no CTRL-D characters under Windows. Make sure to set Level 3 only and Binary under MacOS. Font inclusion "All" for Acrobat 4.05 and "None" for Acrobat 5 under MacOS.). With Acrobat 4.05, make sure you preset the Distiller to use the joboptions you want. With Acrobat 5, you can set this on a job-by-job basis via the driver printer setup interface (or print dialog on MacOS).
Case 2: FrameMaker 6 and the Bundled Acrobat 4.05 Distiller
Windows -- Create a new printer driver instance using the latest version of the Adobe Universal PostScript Driver Installer, downloadable from Adobe's web site AND the Acrobat Distiller PPD file (located in the XTRAS subdirectory of the Distiller directory). This driver instance should be set to print to the local port named "FILE:". Name this driver instance as "Acrobat Distiller". The default driver options generally will be OK, but check on paper size and communication protocol (use pure binary, not ASCII, for optimal performance AND no CTRL-D characters). Make sure you preset the Distiller to use the joboptions you want. Print directly to this Acrobat Distiller printer instance. Make sure that the "print to file" option is checked. You will need to manually process the resultant PostScript file through the Distiller (or use a "watched folder" arrangement).
MacOS -- Install the latest version of AdobePS 8.7.x, downloadable from Adobe's web site. In FrameMaker, go to Page Setup and select the "Virtual Printer" and go to the "Virtual Printer" window pane. Select the Acrobat Distiller PPD file (located in the XTRAS subfolder of the Distiller folder). Print directly to the "Virtual Printer" (Make sure to set Level 3 only, Binary, and font inclusion "All".). Make sure you preset the Distiller to use the joboptions you want. You will need to manually process the resultant PostScript file through the Distiller (or use a "watched folder" arrangement).
Case 3: Acrobat 3
Acrobat 3 is not officially supported for the latest OS versions and I personally would no longer recommend its use for generation of PDF files given that Acrobat 5.0.5 is the current version of Acrobat.
- Dov

You're asking a lot of ancient Acrobat to work with an Office that never existed when it was made. "Just updated my office suite" is a massive change, and Window 8 didn't exist at that time either...

Create PDF from two files in sub folder automation

I am looking to create an automation tool that does the following to help save time (the current process takes about 20 min):
First, take two specific files (The first page is a single worksheet excel file that is fitted to one page. The second is a word document.) in a user defined location and combine them into one document. Currently this is done manually through Acrobat 8 via the Create PDF function for each file then the Combine PDF function.
Second, I would like to have the Bookmark and Attachment pane set for initial view, but there is not a preset option for this. Is this even possible? Currently, I set the initial view to bookmarks and page, and include a not one the first page on how to open the attachment pane.
Third, all external links to documents, via hyperlinks, are added as attachements and the links are changed to point to the attachment so that all information is contained within one document.
Lastly, this newly created document is posted to an intranet location.
Any help in part or whole would be great.
NOTE: All code must be included as an add-in to Acrobat as this is within a corporate environment and server side scripts are not allowed.

I have created the following script as a start to trying to figure this out, but I am getting unexpected results. When I run this script, I get the two files, Temp and Combined. The Temp file is, as expected, a pdf version of the last file in the array, but the Combined file is where the problem is. With the Combined file, I have one blank page, then my single worksheet from the workbook, and then only the first page of the word document which is 26 pages. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
In addition, is there a way to prompt the user to select the filepath through a Windows Explorer interface?
Current code:
var filepath = "/c/filepath/"
// Create a new PDF document for Profile:
doc = app.newDoc();
doc.saveAs({ cPath: filepath + "Temp.pdf" });
doc.closeDoc(true);
doc = app.openDoc({cPath: filepath + "Temp.pdf" })
// List of files of different extensions
aFiles = new Array( "Doc1.xls", "Doc1.doc");
for ( var i=0; i < aFiles.length; i++) {
// Open and convert the document
newDoc = app.openDoc({
oDoc: doc,
cPath: aFiles[i],
bUseConv: true
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newDoc.saveAs({ cPath: filepath + "Combined.pdf" });
// Close it without notice
newDoc.closeDoc(true);
// Now insert that PDF file just saved to the end of the first document
doc.insertPages ({
nPage: doc.numPages-1,
cPath: filepath + "Combined.pdf",
nStart: 0

Save as PDF or Save Book As (pdf format) Causes Frame 8 to try to quit after creating PDF

I have Framemaker 8p273 and Acrobat distiller 8.1.3.
When trying to creating PDFs from books using either Save as PDF OR Save Books As (PDF) file, the PDF creates FINE but the program then attempts to quit by throwing up weird dialog boxes.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1.Open any book
2.Use File-->Save as PDF or File-->Save Books As and then choose type PDF
3.PDF created fine - no errors reported in Distiller window
4. Framemaker then throws up a small dialog box that says "cannot quit." You cannot close this box, only click OKAY.
The only other issue that arises might be a "cannot print some graphics - will print as gray boxes"
5. Clicking okay brings up sequence of 5 total of the same boxes (the book file has 7 files in it including the TOC).
6. After last of 5 "cannot quit" boxes, a new Framemaker one appears, that says "Unsaved Changes in file (book name) Save before closing?" Options are Yes, No and Cancel. Yes saves file and quite Frame. No quits Frame. Cancel leaves file open.
I have reproduced this error multiple times with different books, using both the Save as PDF and Save Book As (PDF) commands.
File--Print Book using Acrobat printer works fine (making sure to enable the acrobat setting so bookmarks are properly generated).
Just frustrated that the first two options cause such an annoying error. Reported as a bug.

Jaclyn,
I've seen this happen when an API client attempts to close a document that doesn't exist, which defaults to closing the FrameMaker session, but the session cannot close because it's in the middle of some operation. It's normally the result of sloppy code. Do you have any third-party API plugin software running? For that matter, does anyone know if the "Save as PDF" uses an API client? If so, might be a bug in that software, although it seems that there must be something unique going on here to invoke this behavior in your case.
Russ

MSWord items that crash Adobe Acrobat 9.0 add-in (Create PDF function)

I just want to include a tip I discovered after two days of troubleshooting a colleague's MS-Word (2007 - docx) document. I tried going through the forums to see if anyone else has posted this.
Obviously, my colleague would try to use the Acrobat add-in within Word through the "Create PDF" button. But doing so causes MS-Word to crash. The crash involves the dialog box for sending an error report to MS (which I cancel).
I then attempted this on another PC and got the same result.
Another colleague on the support team suggested trying to convert only sections of the document to try and pinpoint the issue to an element within the document. The result of trial and error pointed me to a particular graphics element on Page 11 of the 46 page document. The graphics element was composed of 4 clock diagrams that were made up of smaller elements (arrowheads and lines for the clock-hands, separate textboxes for the numbers 1 - 12 on each circular clockface, etc.) Deleting the whole graphic allowed the document to be converted to PDF.
I then reverted to the original document and clicked on the graphic. I was about to investigate if there was a particular element within the grouped graphic that caused the crash, but, by luck, I was able to discover that just by ungrouping the graphic into its elemental components "Create PDF" was able to render the PDF successfully.
Perhaps this is something to try in the future should anyone run into this issue. I hope this helps someone else.

It may be something that Adobe did not catch in the way that MS did the graphic processing (and to be sure MS does not always do things by the book). It may have been fixed. I note that you only have AA9.0. The current version is AA9.3.4, so an update might be in order. Potentially that would resolve the problem.
In any case, I have found the graphic processing done by WORD 2007 to be strange. Taking the same file to WORD 2003 (saving to a DOC format if required) has no problem with the conversion. So there are likely problems from both MS and Adobe.

Create PDF Acrobat X Pro - does not display embedded excel 2010 tables in word 2010 properly

Hello,
I bought Acrobat X Pro and the first document I used 'Create PDF' on was a Word 2010 document with embedded (read linked) Excel 2010 tables.
When I opened the document after creating it the linked tables had a little arrow in the corner of a white box with a help text message of "click here to activate". The pdf is basically unusable.
Is there a setting to ensure that these embedded excel tables are created as normal tables - I do not want to have to keep pasting in tables/images into my Word documents when they are all updating automatically.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
Regards,
Craig

Hello,
i am having exactly the same issue with Acrobat X Pro - with linked Excel 2010 tables in Word 2010.
Has there been a resolution to this eissue - it is potentially very time consuming to work around this issue for me.
I would post my files but I don't know how to attach them to the thread - only my second post .
Cheers,
slobbering_dog
This is the Word File - the table is an Excel 2010 spreadsheet linked (via Paste Special >Link) .
This is the resultant PDF file:
Thanks in advance - again !!
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How to include non web pages to the "Create PDF from Web Page" feature?

In Acrobat Pro (v. 10), when I use the "Create PDF from Web Page" feature, it works great for html pages, but it skips non-html links (doc, pdf, ppt, xls, etc). I need Acrobat Pro to convert those files and put them in the order as well. I don't see an option for this in settings. Is there ANY way I can do this? This is for an archiving purpose and I have 10,000 plus files to convert. Please help.

This is a question i'm trying to answer too. My issue is that I have a PDF file which itself contains links to both DOC and PDF files. The end result is that I need one consolidated PDF containing all the linked files (in order).
I can run the "create from web page" on this PDF file, and it'll download them, but not convert them. It just adds them as "jumbled" text to the end of the document. I need it to download, convert, and then append them.
So, as isunshine3 asked above, any way to have Adobe convert the files that it finds linked when running the "create from web page"?
THanks
Matt

Illustrator cs2 creates pdf with anomalies

I have Illustrator cs2 (12.0.1) and I create pdfs with it and send these to my clients for proofing. When I view the pdf in acrobat standard 6 it looks fine. When my sales people and clients view it in reader 8 they get a color break down that is incorrect. For example they see a color that should not be there (in the pdf below it is the blue cyan in the logo). So I need to figure out how to fix this problem. Also it does not happen on every pdf.
here is a link to a pdf
www.ebfchurch.org/usb3.pdf
In the link is a pdf that has a problem, and a jpeg to show what it should look like.
When I save the pdf I have tried turning illustrator off ill. editing capabilities and saved as a V.7 pdf. Not sure what else to try besides making the logo a jpg. Would upgrading to reader 8 help? Would this add that to my selections in illustrator?
The other anomalies are I's and some lines becoming a dotted line. This one is rarer and is easy to fix (somewhat). I simply rotate the object by a super small portion that no one would notice.
Thanks for any help.

Most likely some color separation or transparency flattening thing. Could also be the order of your groups/ shapes. Just hard to tell. For testing, I would save a PDF and do a preflight check in Acrobat or other such tool. This usually reveals any problematic stuff...
Mylenium

Excel chart alignment problems when creating PDF

My excel chart is off set on my PDF page after creating PDF from Macro. The chart is within my print areas in excel and no matter where I position the chart in excel the chart shows up like it is indented on the PDF and runs off the page. I can print from excel and the results are fine. I am operating a windows 2007 64 bit machine with excel 2007 and ADOBE Acrobat 9 Pro & Adobe Reader X.
I am running the following code by Ron de Bruin to generate the PDF
Myvar.ExportAsFixedFormat _
   Type:=xlTypePDF, _
   FileName:=Fname, _
   Quality:=xlQualityStandard, _
   IncludeDocProperties:=True, _
   IgnorePrintAreas:=False, _
OpenAfterPublish:=OpenPDFAfterPublish
No matter what I do I can not get the chart completely in the page through VBA. The VBA code works fine it is the results of the PDF I can't seem to fix.
Many thanks for any help.

Hi,
     I tried to do the same with a Excel having a so much content. I tried to print that file into a PDF file, I saw the output file as expected. I think there might be some different settings in your PDF printer. Can you please send me the screenshot of PDF Printer Dialog Box launched after invoking Print To PDF from Excel?

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