InDesign to PDF to Word

I am trying to bring Indesing docs to PDF and through Acrobat I am saving them as Word docs. When i open them in Word they come out with some problems. The images have missing pieces adn they opacities are off. They deffault to 100%. I want to know if there is a way to prevent this. Are there anyhtings I can do in indesign or how the PDF is Saved? Or will i jus thave to replace the images in Word?

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Indesign/Acrobat PDF - embedded link file(word, excel, pdf)

Hi,
In the microsoft word, we can embedd, the pdf, word or excel files as link, so that when you click the embedded file (for eg. if you click the pdf icon of embedded file in word, the pdf file will open, as same as the word files and excel files will open) . There is will no seperate link files will be there. (so from a word doc embedded with pdf files and excel files will be opened from the word itself)
Is there any option to do like this in Indesign or Pdf, where we can embedd the Link files inside the indesign, without linking the files from the hard dirve or server.
Any idea about this? You people understand what i am trying to say?

Acrobat Pro has an Attachements navigation panel that you can add (embed) files that will open in their native application when clicked to open.
InDesign can do something similar... you can embed files via the Links panel... you can also edit original (but you might need to unembed it first.
Not on a computer with InDesign right now, I will check tommorrow.

Convert InDesign File to a Word Document

I am trying to convert a file from an InDesign file to a word document and have fallen into a problem. I also have Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and have tried to save my InDesign file as a PDF, so far so good. It looks perfect, but when I save the PDF as a .doc all of the text and pictures have moved around and the different frames used in InDesign have joined and there is no way to rearrange the pages like they were originally. I need to convert these pages to Word Perfect so that I can send them out and they can be edited. How can an InDesign file be saved to be used with Word Perfect? I thought if I converted it to a PDF and then to a word, everything would be fine, but the file isn't be converted correctly.

> How can an InDesign file be saved to be used with Word Perfect?
Short answer is you can't do it easily. Didn't you post this question in
ID forum awhile back?
If not, it was discussed there and you might want to search there. If it
was you, nothing's changed. What you want to do is just plain work and
you'll never get the same type of layout in a word processor as you will
in a pagelayout application.
Bob

Why do I see incorrect fonts when I create PDFs from Word

When I first started using Acrobat (versions 3 through 5), it was an incredible product because it could create an exact copy of a document I created with a DTP program. I could send that PDF to someone who did not have the DTP program, yet the recipient saw exactly what I created in the DTP program. That's what made Acrobat great. It worked flawlessly.
Now I have Acrobat Pro XI, and I can't create a PDF from Word and get the correct fonts. I've seen quite a few messages on this forum and elsewhere indicating that other people have this problem, too. But I haven't found a solution. I've tried many things that are suggested--embed fonts, don't embed fonts, and different settings. Nothing seems to work. I've spent hours on this insted of doing the job I am paid for (writing). So I'd be very glad if anyone knows how to fix this.
A few specifics:
- Using Word 2010 and Acrobat XI Pro 11.0.3. Windows 64 bit.
- Most fonts are OK, but some appear to be substitutes. For example, some headings that are supposed to be Tahoma bold-italic come out as something different. It's a lighter weight font. I don't know what it is.
- Creation method from Word: Acrobat Tab, Create PDF or File > Save As PDF. Either way I get the wrong fonts.
- Print to Adobe PDF printer DOES produce the correct fonts, but this doesn't help because you don't get bookmarks (which are a critical part of our final PDF product).
- At one point it seemed that a Word setting, File > Options > Save > Preseve fidelty when sharing this document, but it didn't always work.
- I've seen this same problem on four computers, all using Word 2010 and Acrobat Pro XI.
Some messages suggest that rolling back to Acrobat 8 will solve this problem. It's hard to believe that's the only solution.

I was starting to think this might be an issue with font fauxing (I think that's the tech term). You've confirmed it.
Here's what can happen.
Font designers design a font, and (if they have the enthusiasm) bold and italic and bold-italic versions of the font. If you compare carefully, you will see that they are often quite different designs (look at lower case "a" for example, you'll often see that different in italic). Anyway, in an ideal world the font designer has provided four font files. Choose the bold/italic buttons in Word and it (well, actually Windows) picks the right font file.
But Word never forbids you from choosing those buttons even if the font files aren't there. (As an aside, pro design tools like InDesign WILL stop you choosing a style for which there is no font file, because what happens next in Word is considered evil).
If you ask Windows (or Mac OS) to show you a font in italic and there is no italic font file, it will take the regular file and slant each character. This may look different from the italic design font, it may also have different spacing. But to the casual word processor user, all is fine. (The pro designer says "oh my, look at that"). No bold? The font letters get thickened up somehow, often with ugly results, but the casual user is happy, because it's clearly the same font and clearly bolder. These processes are called "fauxing" (from making a faux or fake font).
But what happens in a PDF? PDFs will not faux fonts, and they don't have to. If you make a PDF it's like printing. To print a faux italic font, a slanted font prints. Generally looks no worse than the screen font. To print a faux bold font there are several different techniques, all ugly. One is to print several copies of each letter, slightly set off from each other but overlayed. This isn't only ugly, copy/paste often yields something like BBBOOOLLLDD TTTEEEXXXTTT. Often the printed bold faux font doesn't look much like the screen bold faux font. And here we have your situation exactly.
Now, I see only Tahoma and Tahoma-Bold on my computer too. You could see if anyone seels an Italic/BoldItalic version, or if they are bundled with some Microsoft software (which you'd need to own, the fonts can't be freely copied). But really this is sending the message - use a different font. I'd use Arial, where Windows has had all four files included since Windows 3.1 was released.

Exporting PDF to Word with Acrobat 8 - Does this work?

Has anyone had any success with a decent export-to-Word using Acrobat 8 (from CS3)?
Acrobat 7 is worthless for this. I suspect the woeful results have much to do with how the PDF was made. If it came from InDesign or Illustrator, and has layers, that will no doubt flummox wonky old Word.
Or, is it the wonky "export to Word" function that's wonky? I see there is also "Export to RTF" which is much the same file format as .doc. You get exactly the same crazy results.
Here at my job, they have determined the best way to get a decent Word doc out of what we're publishing is to export each individual text box from InDesign as "RTF". Then open word and wrangle all the bits.
This is time consuming and senseless - certainly the technology exists to convert PDFs to Word cleanly and perfectly.
Or ... is Adobe just telling us, by quietly setting us up to fail, that we shouldn't be using Word at all? So they're not going to bother to make this work?
Sadly, at my gig, we need to do this. Our clients are dinosaurs, and the average T-Rex is deathly afraid of Acrobat Reader and PDFs.

< Frankly, I don't really give a lot of thought to employers who refuse PDFs for graphic design positions. It's like asking me to retouch a photo using MacPaint.>
A resume is a document, not a design sample. A lot of employers do not want "designed" resumes at all. They want simple searchable text resumes. Even using special formatting features in Word can mess up their processes. HR departments could care less how pretty it is, all they want is data. You'll need to impress the design manager at the interview, after HR has passed it on. Even the hiring manager may find a highly designed resume to be annoying and difficult to read.
Of course if that's not where you want to work, that's up to you, but you might be turning down excellent design positions by insisting they accept things your way instead of doing things their way! ;-)

InDesign CS2からのPDFデータについて

InDesign CS2で直接PDF作成したデータが異常に重くなります。
他のDTPソフトの時と比べ同じ位の仕様（内容、ページ数、データ容量）の物がPDFになると以前の5〜6倍位のデータ量になってしまいます。
Acrobat上で最適化してみてもデータ量は変わりません。
ちなみにAdobe PDF設定（joboption）は以前と同じ「標準」を基本とした設定にしています。
また、Acrobat6で開けないと言われチェックしてみたら同じ様に開けませんでした。
これについて理由及び解決策をご存じの方、情報をください。
また、ブックで書き出した時にPDF上の目次（総目次、扉目次も含めて）にリンクが付くのを解除する方法も分かる方教えてください。
使用状況：
G4
OS.10.3.9
InDesign CS2
Acrobat Distiller 7.0

流星ちゃん、早速の回答有り難うございます。
＞＞他のDTPソフトの時はPSからPDFで作っていましたか？
＞＞もしそうだとするならば、同じフローではないので、
＞＞PSを落とす運用を試してみて下さい。
＞＞直接書き出すよりは軽いPDFが出来るはずです。
おっしゃる通り今まではPSデータを書き出してからPDF化していました。
本来DTPソフトから直接PDF化出来る様になっていると思いますが、今まで試してはいましたがエラーになったりした為、一度PSにしてからDistillerでPDF化を行っていました（「しおり」も自動で作ってくれるので便利なのですが....）。
InDesign CS2になってからはエラーが出なくなったので便利で使いだしたのですが、先に記述した様な弊害が生まれてしまいました。
Illustratorもeps形式からai形式に変えたのも重くなった原因かもしれないので、一度PS書き出しするのも含めて試してみます。
結果が出たらまた報告させていただきます。
＞＞ブックマーク・ハイパーリンクのCheckBoxをオンにしていませんか？
オンにしています。
ファイルを複数に分けているので「オン」にしてPDF化しないと後の手間が大変で・・・・
MS WordはPDF作成の時、目次のリンクをON/OFF出来ると思いますが、InDesignでは出来無いのでしょうか？？

Converting InDesign CS3 files to Word Files

I am running InDesign CS3 and I need to know the best way to convert an InDesign document to a Word Document 2003.

You might try printing the ID file to PDF, then exporting the PDF from Acrobat to Word. There are still some issues, but Acrobat 8 does a fair job of retaining the formatting and styles. This assumes, of course, that you have Acrobat 8...
Tad

Après transfert PDF vers Word, le fichier n'est plus comme il faut. Comment ça se fait?

J'ai acheté le pack pour pouvoir transférer un PDF vers Word pour pouvoir ensuite le modifier. Sauf qu'une fois transféré, le fichier n'est pas du tout comme l'original, tout est décalé et déplacé. Comment ça se fait et surtout, comment y résoudre?
Merci pour votre aide.

Bonjour Alain,
Merci d'avoir contacté Adobe Systems via notre Forum!
Il faut savoir que l'outil adobe export PDF pourra transformer ou convertir vos fichiers PDF vers Word ou Excel si ceux-ci ont été crée à partir de Microsoft Office Word ou Excel.
Il faut savoir que tout autre format de création d'un fichier PDF que cela soit une image, un scan ou encore un fichier cree à partir d'Indesign par exemple vers Word ou Excel ne pourra donner le même résultat dans Office que dans le PDF vu que la structure n'est pas la même.
Merci de votre compréhension.
Arnaud.

Can I search for pdf and word documents at the same time in finder?

I often want to search for more than one file type at a time - for instance pdfs and word docs in a directory, or Jpgs, GIFs, PNGs etc.
Can I do this in the finder in one go (so I can save it as a folder I can then select when I want to)?
I tried typing OR between the 'tokens' it creates, but then it just searches for OR - so not as intelligent as one would think?!
Surely there must be a way to do something as simple as this?
regards
Rob

Forget the whole "tokens" business (I think that is a pretty useless "improvement" to constructing Spotlight searches). Hit command-F to bring up the search window, and set your first criteria, in the example I changed it from the default Kind to Created Date, to keep the number of results manageable. Now hold down the Option key and click on the "+" at the end of the criteria line, it will change to "..." and you get a new criteria line. From the dropdown menu choose "Any" if necessary (this will give you the Boolean OR), then enter what you want in the first sub-head. To get a second sub-head OR criteria click the "+" at the end of the Any line.
I don't generate many MS Word docs, so I just stopped in the example above after typing Microsoft, since that brought up all the MS anything I have from this year (a couple of Power Point thingies sent to me by friends).
Francine

How do I convert from pdf to word? I see an option to do so, however, when I click on it, Ia box opens...

when I try to convert from pdf to word, a box opens and suggests I am to click on (select) the file I want to convert. It sounds all well but it does not work. I really really just want my files back in word, all of them, no matter, because after having to reinstall windows 7 (done by techs) and me having to re-download all my HP drivers, and tools, and other software, which I imagine included adobe reader, now I see some pdf files won't open. It says, "access denied" and boy that really makes me wantt o scream. I am the ONLY user, it is my notebook, I am the administrator so I can't figure out why some files open and some don't. I can't ascertain any difference.
I would be grateful for any help. This has become just too exhausting. After reinstalling sooooooooo much, then to have to go through this with what is a free application? I say I think not.
This should NEVER happen with any free application and boy there is NO help to be found. They blow you off the phone fast telling you it's a free application. Then why are you putting in this kind of stuff that it won't open? This is NOT a shared notebook, it's mine. I am the only user, personal use.
HP probook, if anyone needs that info.
Please, will someone help?
I would be so grateful.
thanks,
Gina

Gee, Pat, this is a real big help.
Nobody could possibly think anyone would ask for help without first trying to fix the issue oneself. Or maybe you do. I have opened the file and looked under security. I have changed it to owner-notebook (which is what the techs called me) and clicked accept but geepers it didn't work.
Maybe someone else has an idea.
Take Ownership of a File or Folder
The above should be a link. At least I copied and pasted the link. I did what was stated in there. It isn't like brain surgery. But it is not working. I ended up being able to open some pdf files after transferring them from one partition category to another. I wish it was that easy as you seem to think.
Thanks for the help. Have a great year.

I have converted a pdf to word. How can I access the Word file from my online account?

I have converted a pdf to word. How can I access the Word file from my online account? When it says 'download the converted file' I choose a location on my PC and click, but nothing happens. It seems that it can only save the converted file to my online account. I went to my online account but I see no way to look for the file

Hey Fabrizio,
You might need to sign up at "https://cloud.acrobat.com/exportpdf" using your Adobe ID credentials to convert your PDF file to Word.
Do you get the 'download' prompt?
Also, you can find the converted files by clicking at the 'Files' tab.
Please try the same using a different browser and check.
Hope to hear from you.
Regards,
Anubha

How do I convert a file located in my e-mail from PDF to Word. I can't seem to save it in my word files.

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Hi williamf,
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If you can tell us more about the file, we should be able to get to the bottom of things.
Best,
Sara

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After logging in to my account at adobe, I should have an option to convert a PDF to excel or word. I am not able to get there. Any 3 or 4 step that any one guide me to?

To use the online service you must upload the file to the service's web site after sign in to your account.
The ExportPDF and the PDF Pack Services provide for PDF to Word / Excel.
Each has its own dedicated user-2-user forum where you'll want to browse and ask questions.
For ExportPDF:
https://forums.adobe.com/community/exportpdf
For PDF Pack:
https://forums.adobe.com/community/createpdf
Be well...

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When I try to convert a doc. from PDF to word, I get an error message. (This is an app I purchased.)

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