Creating PDF Buyer Guides

I'm working on an engagement ring affiliate site and hoping I can get some advice. From an SEO stand point is there a rel canonical format I can recreate a duplicate version of a buyer guide as a downloadable pdf without causing duplicate content problems? Obviously I'd like to share the pdf guide with links back to the html article as a way of generating traffic, is that sufficient or is there an adobe formatting option I can use to avoid problems?

OK fine it was added for context, it's a nofollow forum link not exactly a worthwhile SEO tactic!! My question remains however. I'm worried about the possibility of the pdf outranking the actual articles and being treated as duplicate content. Can anyone provide more helpful advice?

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Random error when using cfpdfform to create pdf

I have a series of pdf forms that have been created with extended rights in reader using both Acrobat Pro 9 and Acrobat Pro X. I use cfpdfform to pre-populate the form and name it with a unique guid. Some people randomly are getting the error in reader "This document enabled extended features in Adobe Reader. The document has been changed since it was created and use of extended features is no lonfer available. Please contact the author for the original version of this document."
I have tried to replicate the error using the exact same settings of windows, browser and reader version and cannot replicate. I have researched extensively online and see many people experiencing the same error message but no clear resolution found. Below is the code that I am using to save the prepopulated form. Has anyone else run into this issue?
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            <cfpdfformparam name="address1" value="#rtrim(variables.address1)#">
            <cfpdfformparam name="address2" value="#rtrim(variables.address2)#">
            <cfpdfformparam name="address3" value="#rtrim(variables.address3)#">
            <cfpdfformparam name="citystatezip" value="#rtrim(variables.citystatezip)#">
            <cfpdfformparam name="city" value="#variables.city#">
            <cfpdfformparam name="state" value="#variables.state#">
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Depending on your application you may or not be able to carry the links over (reason for graffiti's question). To carry them over you need to use PDF Maker (the create PDF icon in WORD and several other products).

Error while creating PDF object

We are using Adobe Interactive Forms with Guided Procedures. Netweaver 7.0 SP14 (Dual stack Java & Abap). All was working well it appears until we configured SSL for ADS - don't know for sure if this caused the problem but it is the only change we can identify around the time that our problems began.
When we attempt to Create an Impersonalized Form we receive the following error -
Cannot retrieve template structure: Execution ended in an unrecognized state
When we attempt to test a callable object associated with an interactive form we receive -
Error while creating PDF object: PDF object could not be created; object returned from ADS is null.
In both cases the entries in the default trace log are the same -
Service XMLFormService: Native process (PID=0) /usr/sap/UFD/DVEBMGS02/j2ee/os_libs/adssap/XMLFormService/bin/XMLForm.exe terminated abnormally with error code 134
PDF object could not be created; object returned from ADS is null
com.sap.caf.eu.gp.base.exception.EngineException: PDF object could not be created; object returned from ADS is null
at com.sap.caf.eu.gp.model.iforms.adapter.pdf.AdobePDFAdapter.createInstanceDocument(AdobePDFAdapter.java:542)
at com.sap.caf.eu.gp.model.iforms.preproc.FormPreprocessor.execute(FormPreprocessor.java:507)
Like I mentioned earlier this functionality was working successfully in our environment at one time.
Any guidance in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Joe

Joe,
If you originally configured ADS without SSL, I would recommend going back through the ADS Configuration Guide for your NetWeaver stack and make sure all the necessary changes for SSL were made. I've seen another case where a step was missed in SSL configuration for ADS which caused a form to error.
If everything looks good based on your SSL configuration, I would recommend creating an OSS Note.
-Matt

Create pdf in windows 7 pro with acrobat 9.0

I am getting a new computer with windows 7 pro. I have a acrobat 9.0 package which is currently not activated on any computer. I want to be able to create PDF files by printing from various softwares to a pdf printer. (i have been doing this for years in older acrobat versions). Can I use my acrobat 9.0 package or do I need to upgrade. I am not using the more advanced features of acrobat. Only the print to PDF option.
Cliff

For the Acrobat XI upgrade paths:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/buying-guide-upgrade-pricing.html
Be well...

Creating PDF in Word 2007 creates horizontal line

Hello,
This is my first post in this forum. In general, I have not had problems creating PDFs from Word 2003, or from Word 2007 - from either .doc or .docx documents.
Yesterday, with one document, when I created a PDF, a centered horizontal line kept appearing near the top of the first 2 pages. These 2 pages
have no header content. This line is NOT in the Word document. The rest of the PDF appears normal - with its normal header content.
I think the problem is within Word 2007 (what a surprise!) because I can eliminate the problem by printing a .ps file of the Word doc and then
distilling it. The only problems with that method are that (1) It's more time-consuming, and - more important - (2) the bookmarks are not
automatically created. So, to create bookmarks manually takes even more time, and I don't know how to create the hyperlinks from the TOC
(or even if that's possible).
Any idea what's going on? I tried making PDFs of some other user
guides (same doc template), and they are fine.
Many thanks!

Hi again Raechel,
It's such fun dealing with Word and "Microsloth", isn't it?! IMHO, they
should have left Office alone at the 2003 (or 2002?) versions.... Even at
2000, styles were easier to deal with!
Especially after using Madcap Flare for a few years, going back to Word is
especially torturous. I go back and forth from one to the other,
depending on what I'm working on - product-wise or document-wise.
Your Word certainly may have gotten corrupted, but even if that's not the
case -- Word is still buggy as hell (forgive the minor expletive)!!
Glad you made your printing deadline!!
Regards,
Melanie
Melanie Blank
Product Documentation Specialist
Rochester Software Associates (RSA)
(585) 987-6972
[email protected]
From:
Raechel02 <[email protected]>
To:
Melanie Blank <[email protected]>
Date:
06/15/2011 09:34 AM
Subject:
Creating PDF in Word 2007 creates horizontal line
Melanie,
I read your post, and decided to spend my evening figuring out what was
going on. You are right about it being related to the lines in the header
and footers, but as my document had no headers and footers, I found that
odd. I tried to edit the styles without success. Now isn't that odd,
too?
I had to delete the header and footer styles from my document in order
to
get rid of the lines. I suspect my copy of Word became corrupted as I
madly
edited several documents, all with photos. As my adult son pointed out,
"well, they don't put their top programmers on Word, after all." I
checked
my memory utilization, and it appears that Word isn't cleaning up after
itself very well, so it loses track of some of its objects, and things get
out of synch.
Well, in the end I managed to re-produce my document, which is good,
because
it had to go to the printer last night before midnight, and it got there
at
11:40.
Thanks for your help,
Raechel

Acrobat X Pro - create PDF from Excel with no margins...ARGH!

Hello all,
Does anyone know if it's possible to create a PDF from a selection of Excel cells without a margin appearing on the PDF file? Even if I set the print margins (print to Adobe PDF) to zero, Acrobat still puts in margins in the PDF. The background of the Excel file is black (as specified by my manager), and he wants black all the way to the edges of the PDF page.
I have to submit this weekly, and as it's several pages long I don't want to be faffing about with the crop tool each Monday morning (it already takes long enough to source the data). The current solution I have been given is to create a template in Powerpoint (HATE) and link the cells/graphs, but and paste any text boxes, and then convert from Powerpoint to PDF, as no margins are imposed this way.I know cropping would be quicker than this, but surely in this day and age it's easily possible and there's just some simple option I'm just missing?
Regards,
George

I have the same setup with Win 7 and Office 2010 and have created thousands of PDF from Excel sheets, but never noticed this particular issue. Regardless, rather than fight an issue like this where no specific documentation exists, I usually resort to other options in the interest of not getting bogged down in a maddening search for answers.
Go ahead and convert to PDF so that your links are retained, etc. Open the resulting file in Acrobat, and use the crop tool to remove the blank margins that are at issue, either maintaining proportionality or not, depending on your needs, making sure to set the cropping tool to apply the scheme to all pages. I'm assuming that all pages are formatted the same, such that this strategy will work. Then, apply the cropping, and sanitize the file to remove the cropping data. At this point, your blank margins should be completely gone, and the file can be scaled for printing if that is your objective, but that will obviously introduce some white margins again at the printer.
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Disclosure: I have no affiliation of any kind with Evermap, but did address the use of several of their products in my book, "The PDF Litigation Guide."
Hope that helps!
Jason Covey
PDF Litigation Solutions, LLC
www.pdflitigationguide.com

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Hi Guys
We've been using Acrobat Pro Extended to create PDF
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While I'm a decent enough programmer, Actionscript & Flex
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Create PDF button gone from Excel worksheet

Recently had to restore computer back to factory. I installed full CS4 WebSuite which includes Acrobat. I used to have a PDF button in Excel that would let me create a PDF from an Excel worksheet. How do I get that back? I used to use Office 2003 and now I use Office 2013.
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The store is at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/buying-guide-upgrade-pricing.html. If you click the upgrade option, you will see the option to upgrade to AA XI from the AA X Suite (whatever that is, I assume CS) or from individual products. In your case it is not an individual product, but a suite. If you have questions or want to see if you can get a deal, you will have to call the Adobe sales folks. We can only repeat what we see and have heard from others (except for those folks who have the suite).
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How to create pdf and html usin oracle policy automation with steps.

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Pls provide more steps or simple example creating xslt and which xml use for that also.

Below is a working (OPA 10.1) example, which I found earlier in this forum. You can call it from a document control on the summary screen. The xml is provided by the server containing all attributes with a public name.
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I need to buy an adobe program to create pdf file from word doc and quickbooks invoice.
Your advisor told me to look up create pdf for $7.99 a month. cant find it.

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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

Creating pdf report from xml publisher report

Hi,
I'm newbie to xmlpublisher env.
We've a report in Oracle 11i developed in unix shell script and run as concurrent program generating check details which will be printed on checks.
I was asked to migrate this report into R12 in pdf format.They provided rtf template and xml data.I installed xml publisher desktop.I would like to know how I can create pdf template,if necessary changing the position of fields on the template.
Thanks,
Kiran

Hi Kiran,
Sorry to say, but no you can not use the desktop or standalone edition for integration with EBS.
In your case there are 2 alternatives for you:
1) Update the Unix shell script so it's ok for R12 (it did a good job for a long time on 11i)
2) Leave the unix script and redesign for BI Publisher (ebs edition)
Both are taking the same effort in my opinion, only since you moved to R12 it's a good learning moment to get to know the strength of BIP.
Since you task is to modify the standard Oracle solution, which i guess is an rtf template provided download the MS Word plugin and adjust the template
If any detail help needed please contact me directly

Acrobat Pro 8.1.2 won't create PDFs by itself or within an Office 2007 application. Please help.

Well, needless to say, everything was working fine when our department was running Acrobat 7 and Office 2003. We made the choice a few weeks ago to upgrade to Office 2007 and Acrobat 8. Both are pushed via Group Policy. One other thing to note, as I think it might be an issue, is that our users have their My Documents redirected to a server. I only mention this, because the Default PDF Output Folder within Acrobat 8 is My Documents.
Here are the strange things that we've noticed so far:
1) When you open up the Adobe PDF Properties within Printers and Faxes, the Location displays an "x" followed by two non-standard box characters that I can't seem to write out here. I've uploaded a screen shot if that makes it easier. On a manually installed copy of Acrobat 8, this location box will say My Documents.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_weird_characters.png
2) The Adobe PDF printer port grabs LPT1, even if there is another printer already on that port. This behavior is seen when being pushed via GPO. When it's manually installed via the disc, Adobe PDF gets it's own special port "My Documents\*.pdf" with a description of "Adobe PDF Port". When I try to see if I can add such a port on the GPO pushed computers, it doesn't list it as an option. Here again are two screen shots to show what I'm talking about.
Weird Port:
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_weird_port.png
Adobe Port:
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_correct_port.png
Ok, so those are just the oddities seen after performing a GPO installation.
3) When I right click on a Word 2007 (*.docx) file and choose "Convert to Adobe PDF", it asks me where I want to save the newly created PDF at. It will start converting it, but a few seconds later a balloon error pops up saying that the document failed to print.
4) When I try to create a PDF via the Word 2007 ribbon add-on for Acrobat, I get the same error.
I decided to bump a standard user up to administrator of the local machine. All these errors go away and they can create PDFs to their heart's content. As soon as I bump them back down to a standard user, new errors arise.
5) Now when they try to create a PDF, they get prompted TWICE for the PDF Save As location. When I click on Convert to PDF via the context menu of the Word 2007 file, I get the Adobe PDF Status box, then a few seconds later, I get the Save Adobe PDF File As box. I tell it where to save the PDF to. I then get a second box asking me where to save the PDF to, but it's titled different. This new box is "Save PDF File As". Whatever location I choose there, I get an Access Denied error and an Adobe Printer error that the document has failed to print. I've created screen shots of those as well. Here they are in order:
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_access_denied_01.png
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_access_denied_02.png
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_access_denied_03.png
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_access_denied_04.png
Does anyone have any solutions whatsoever to fix this? I'm not about to go around to 100 computers and install Acrobat manually when it should work correctly via GPO. If Acrobat doesn't like the fact that a user My Documents is redirected to the server, I noticed that I can change the default PDF file location within the Adobe Customization Wizard. I've not tested that yet to see if it would even help.
I should mention that I have tried running a repair. Didn't help. Uninstalling and reinstalling via GPO. Didn't help. So, we've installed the Microsoft Office PDF Creator plug-in and that works perfectly. For the time being Acrobat Pro has basically dropped itself down to a reader for all intents and purposes.

@ Bill@VT: I did try adding a port. That's the problem. When it's on a problematic installation, those special Adobe Port aren't available for me to choose from.
OK, I have some new information regarding my issue. I've done some more testing and this is what I have learned and how I arrived at that conclusion.
b It appears to be an issue with the 8.1.2 update.
1) I manually installed Acrobat 8.0.0 via the executable file I downloaded from Adobe Licensing. I had to go through all the installation prompts, enter the serial key, accept the EULA, etc. I even applied the 8.1.0 update. At this point, everything was fine. Any user on this computer could create PDFs via any method. The Adobe PDF Port was correct and no listed under LPT1 like in the above screen shots. And My Documents was listed as the Default PDF Location, even though users have their My Docs redirected to the server. Like I said, everything worked perfectly.
2) I decided to install via the Administrative Install Point (AIP) on the server for Acrobat 8.1.2 and the corresponding transform file. After doing this, the problems came back. My first assumption is that the transform file is causing the problem.
3) To verify that it was in fact the transform file I perform an install from the AIP using the AcroPro.msi file only. No switches and no transform file. Guess what? Problems are still there. So, that wipes out the transform file problem.
A couple of notes:
It could be related to the AIP and doing administrative installation upgrades to 8.1.2. My next test is to install 8.0.0 from scratch and manually upgrade that installation to 8.1.0, then 8.1.1, then 8.1.2 to find out when and if it breaks.
I was able to get a contact number for Adobe's "Volume Licensing" department, so I might end up giving them a call. In fact, even if I narrow down what appears to be the problem, I'm still going to have to give them a call to find out what can be done about it. Because at the moment, the issue is there for 100+ users and something needs to be fixed. All I'm doing at this point is working backwards to figure out what may have caused the problem in the first place.

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