PDF Conversion from Smartform-Thai

Hi All,
we have smartform which has Thai Characters along with bar codes. we want to convert it into PDF, as have tried PDF! however the Thai in not coming as correct. we have uploaded TTF as well. please anyone suggest any SAP notes for this or solution.
Thank you very much!
Regards,
Pradeep

Hi Wen,
TH_VISTA_FONTS is already activated in the system. please refer the attached screenshot.
Regards,
Pradeep

Similar Messages

PDF conversion from Word - WMF display

I have created a PDF from a word document. It has WMFs inserted in the document using BuildBetter WMF. The document displays correctly in word. I have used the preset of "high quality" on the PDF conversion. The document print quality is correct but I am having difficulty seeing the WMF drawing when displayed on the computer. If I zoom in I can see the drawing fine. Obviously it is a pixel problem. How can I fix this?

You should be able to print to the Adobe PDF printer, but nothing else probably will work with OFFICE 2010 as Adobe told you. You probably can just wait until AA10. There are no current expectations of AA9 being updated to work with OFFICE 2010 (at least the PDF Maker part.).

Control of PDF conversion from CIS application?

Hi,
Presently we are able to check-in a file from our java application and the Stellent automatically converts the submitted file into PDF. Now the client wants to have control on the PDF conversion. When the user submits a file from the java application, it should not get converted as and when he submits. we need to provide a button by clicking on the button the pdf conversion should start. My questions are:
1) Can we have control on the conversion?
2) Can we stop Stellent not to convert the file on check-in?
3) Using the document id can we convert the native file to pdf?
Please let us know...
if there is any documentation available please guide me.
Server details:
CS : 10GR3
Ghost Script : 8.63
Open Office 3.1
Thanks in advance,
Prasad V.

The new (10g) IBR is SOA enabled, so you can call services to convert documents on the fly, including documents not stored in content server. There are also sample components delivered with IBR that provide insight around the conversion process. The short answer is you can do about anything you like now. The answer you didn't want to get here is that it may be more complicated than a forum post can explain. Start by exploring the various services and the example components and come back with more questions.
As for CIS, I'm not sure how that fits against the new IBR architecture, sorry.

Pdf conversion from a non unicode system to a unicode system

Hi,
I have a BSP application that runs on a unicode system which retrieves data to be output in pdf from a non unicode sap system.
We get the data from the non unicode system through a RFC call and store data in table otfdata type itcoo, then we perform the conversion through the following:
perform pdfcnv_convertotf in program saplstxw
tables otfdata
pdf
using
'T'
archive_index
1
'T'
pdf_bytecount
app_tot_xstring
and then perform the hex conversion, but the printout is full of # chars. The good characters are followed by the # char. It looks like the unicode conversion is not good.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Best regards,
Donatella

Welcome to SDN
check out this weblog where Thomas Jung explains unicode conversion for excel, the same thing could be applied in your case as well
/people/thomas.jung3/blog/2004/08/09/bsp-download-to-excel-in-unicode-format
Regards
Raja

PDF Conversion of Smartform Output

Hi All,
Requirement : Be able to provide customers with reprinting old invoices.
As Is : We have a standard way of doing it by reissuing a print of the Invoice by going into transaction VF02. But in doing so we have a chance that if some master data changes for that customer or the material those changes will get reflected in the new smartform output.
To Be : We want to be able to exactly reproduce the invoice which was sent out at the time of invoice creation, what I mean to say is on initial issue of the print output, is there any way we can store that output(may be as raw data) and retrieve it and issue a print at a later stage.
Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
Karthik

hi
check this link...it will help you
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/advancedsearch?query=sendalvtomailas+pdf&cat=sdn_all
or
REPORT zsuresh_test.
Variable declarations
DATA:
w_form_name TYPE tdsfname VALUE 'ZSURESH_TEST',
w_fmodule TYPE rs38l_fnam,
w_cparam TYPE ssfctrlop,
w_outoptions TYPE ssfcompop,
W_bin_filesize TYPE i, " Binary File Size
w_FILE_NAME type string,
w_File_path type string,
w_FULL_PATH type string.
Internal tables declaration
Internal table to hold the OTF data
DATA:
t_otf TYPE itcoo OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
Internal table to hold OTF data recd from the SMARTFORM
t_otf_from_fm TYPE ssfcrescl,
Internal table to hold the data from the FM CONVERT_OTF
T_pdf_tab LIKE tline OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
This function module call is used to retrieve the name of the Function
module generated when the SMARTFORM is activated
CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
EXPORTING
formname = w_form_name
VARIANT = ' '
DIRECT_CALL = ' '
IMPORTING
fm_name = w_fmodule
EXCEPTIONS
no_form = 1
no_function_module = 2
OTHERS = 3
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
Calling the SMARTFORM using the function module retrieved above
GET_OTF parameter in the CONTROL_PARAMETERS is set to get the OTF
format of the output
w_cparam-no_dialog = 'X'.
w_cparam-preview = space. " Suppressing the dialog box
" for print preview
w_cparam-getotf = 'X'.
Printer name to be used is provided in the export parameter
OUTPUT_OPTIONS
w_outoptions-tddest = 'LP01'.
CALL FUNCTION w_fmodule
EXPORTING
ARCHIVE_INDEX =
ARCHIVE_INDEX_TAB =
ARCHIVE_PARAMETERS =
control_parameters = w_cparam
MAIL_APPL_OBJ =
MAIL_RECIPIENT =
MAIL_SENDER =
output_options = w_outoptions
USER_SETTINGS = 'X'
IMPORTING
DOCUMENT_OUTPUT_INFO =
job_output_info = t_otf_from_fm
JOB_OUTPUT_OPTIONS =
EXCEPTIONS
formatting_error = 1
internal_error = 2
send_error = 3
user_canceled = 4
OTHERS = 5
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
t_otf[] = t_otf_from_fm-otfdata[].
Function Module CONVERT_OTF is used to convert the OTF format to PDF
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTF'
EXPORTING
FORMAT = 'PDF'
MAX_LINEWIDTH = 132
ARCHIVE_INDEX = ' '
COPYNUMBER = 0
ASCII_BIDI_VIS2LOG = ' '
PDF_DELETE_OTFTAB = ' '
IMPORTING
BIN_FILESIZE = W_bin_filesize
BIN_FILE =
TABLES
otf = T_OTF
lines = T_pdf_tab
EXCEPTIONS
ERR_MAX_LINEWIDTH = 1
ERR_FORMAT = 2
ERR_CONV_NOT_POSSIBLE = 3
ERR_BAD_OTF = 4
OTHERS = 5
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
To display File SAVE dialog window
CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>file_save_dialog
EXPORTING
WINDOW_TITLE =
DEFAULT_EXTENSION =
DEFAULT_FILE_NAME =
FILE_FILTER =
INITIAL_DIRECTORY =
WITH_ENCODING =
PROMPT_ON_OVERWRITE = 'X'
CHANGING
filename = w_FILE_NAME
path = w_FILE_PATH
fullpath = w_FULL_PATH
USER_ACTION =
FILE_ENCODING =
EXCEPTIONS
CNTL_ERROR = 1
ERROR_NO_GUI = 2
NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_GUI = 3
others = 4
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
Use the FM GUI_DOWNLOAD to download the generated PDF file onto the
presentation server
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
EXPORTING
BIN_FILESIZE = W_bin_filesize
filename = w_FULL_PATH
FILETYPE = 'BIN'
APPEND = ' '
WRITE_FIELD_SEPARATOR = ' '
HEADER = '00'
TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS = ' '
WRITE_LF = 'X'
COL_SELECT = ' '
COL_SELECT_MASK = ' '
DAT_MODE = ' '
CONFIRM_OVERWRITE = ' '
NO_AUTH_CHECK = ' '
CODEPAGE = ' '
IGNORE_CERR = ABAP_TRUE
REPLACEMENT = '#'
WRITE_BOM = ' '
TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS_EOL = 'X'
WK1_N_FORMAT = ' '
WK1_N_SIZE = ' '
WK1_T_FORMAT = ' '
WK1_T_SIZE = ' '
IMPORTING
FILELENGTH =
tables
data_tab = T_pdf_tab
FIELDNAMES =
EXCEPTIONS
FILE_WRITE_ERROR = 1
NO_BATCH = 2
GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER = 3
INVALID_TYPE = 4
NO_AUTHORITY = 5
UNKNOWN_ERROR = 6
HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED = 7
SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED = 8
FILESIZE_NOT_ALLOWED = 9
HEADER_TOO_LONG = 10
DP_ERROR_CREATE = 11
DP_ERROR_SEND = 12
DP_ERROR_WRITE = 13
UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR = 14
ACCESS_DENIED = 15
DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY = 16
DISK_FULL = 17
DP_TIMEOUT = 18
FILE_NOT_FOUND = 19
DATAPROVIDER_EXCEPTION = 20
CONTROL_FLUSH_ERROR = 21
OTHERS = 22
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
Regards
Ansumesh

PDF conversion of smartform- Printing Latin -2 characters

Hi All,
We are facing a typical issue with Printing of Latin -2 characters in PDFs.
These are characters from the Polish language for e.g. char 'Ń'.
These were originally printing as # in the Production system. After raising a message with SAP, they came up with the advice of uploading Latin-2 fonts using note 141343.
However when I did a test in the sandbox system, the character 'Ń' is replaced by character 'C' and not '#'. This was even before I could upload an appropriate font! I am confused as to why this is happening.
Any help appreciated.
Regards,
Jitender.

Hi ...
we had a similar kind of problem ..in which the special characters were coming in development and quality systems..but when they were moved to production system..the special characters were not coming and the desire characters were getting printed...this was becuase of the difference betwwen the codepage of dev and production systems.....So i think in your case also the same may work....
Edited by: Rudra Prasanna Mohapatra on Aug 6, 2008 1:15 PM

Pdf preview from smartform

Hi all
I have developed a smart form which have copies window in it.
in copies window logic is implemented that if
if sfsy-copycount = 1
then it is original
if 2 then bank
if gt2 then extra.
now an application program is developed for this which will show the print preview of form
in pdfformat.
printpreview is coming in pdf fornat but only first copy is shown ie original,
rest copies are not coming.
my reqment is such that if 1 give 1 copy then first copy should shown
when two copy then original copy and bank copy .
the code is as follows.
*& Report ZSFDRIVER_to_pdf1
REPORT zsfdriver_to_pdf1.
TABLES: vbrk ,vbrp .
DATA l_fname TYPE rs38l_fnam .
DATA: w_otfdata TYPE ssfcrescl.
DATA: ls_control_param   TYPE ssfctrlop.
DATA: ls_composer_param TYPE ssfcompop.
DATA: BEGIN OF it_itcoo OCCURS 0.
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE itcoo.
DATA: END OF it_itcoo.
DATA: w_otf TYPE itcoo.
DATA: t_vbrp LIKE STANDARD TABLE OF vbrp. " initial size 0 with header line.
PARAMETERS: p_vbeln LIKE vbrk-vbeln.
START-OF-SELECTION.
SELECT * FROM vbrp INTO TABLE t_vbrp
WHERE vbeln = p_vbeln.
SELECT *
      FROM vbrk
     INTO vbrk
      UP TO 1 ROWS
      FOR ALL ENTRIES IN t_vbrp
     WHERE vbeln = t_vbrp-vbeln.
ENDSELECT.
end-of-selection.
CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
    EXPORTING
    formname                 = 'YCOPY'
VARIANT                  = ' '
DIRECT_CALL              = ' '
    IMPORTING
    fm_name                  = l_fname
    EXCEPTIONS
    no_form                  = 1
    no_function_module       = 2
    OTHERS                   = 3
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
        WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ELSE.
ENDIF.
ls_control_param-getotf = 'X'.
CALL FUNCTION l_fname
    EXPORTING
ARCHIVE_INDEX              =
ARCHIVE_INDEX_TAB          =
ARCHIVE_PARAMETERS         =
    control_parameters         = ls_control_param
MAIL_APPL_OBJ              =
MAIL_RECIPIENT             =
MAIL_SENDER                =
   output_options             = ls_composer_param
    user_settings              = ' '
    i_vbrk =                    vbrk
IMPORTING
DOCUMENT_OUTPUT_INFO       =
job_output_info            = w_otfdata
job_output_options         =
TABLES
i_vbrp                     = t_vbrp[]
EXCEPTIONS
formatting_error           = 1
internal_error             = 2
send_error                 = 3
user_canceled              = 4
OTHERS                     = 5
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
        WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
LOOP AT w_otfdata-otfdata INTO w_otf.
    APPEND w_otf TO it_itcoo.
ENDLOOP.
CALL FUNCTION 'HR_IT_DISPLAY_WITH_PDF'
    TABLES
      otf_table = it_itcoo.
when i give 1 copy

Hi,
In the print preview of your form before converting to .pdf check all the pages are coming or not? If it is coming then you can try like generate a spool and execute RSTXPDFT4 with that spool. See whether all the pages are coming or not? .
Just try in different way.
Regards,
Abhijit

PDF conversion from Open Office

Hi everyone. I have a dilemma. I've tried to convert my Open Office document into a PDF--not for printing, but as an attachment. I've tried it from the Export PDF icon on top of document and from the File menu. It keeps coming up in code, losing formatting and such. Then I get the PDF Options box that asks me for range, images, general. I know I put it for all or submit PDF format. Then there's invitial view for panes, magnification, page layout, and so on. Then it when I export it, it asks me on the ASCII filters for character set, default fonts, language and paragraph break. Every time I've tried it, it comes up in code. What do I select? P.S. An agent wants to read the first 100 pages of my ms in a partial ASAP!

Are you running OpenOffice or NeoOffice?
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
I am running NeoOffice 3.0 Patch 0
file > export as pdf...
bunch of options panel appears. Took all defaults.
where to save panel appears. Saved to desktop. worked for me.
One & five page files.
could print off document & mail.
Robert

PDF conversion from Word 2010 incredibly slow and loses format

Just moved onto new laptop with Windows 7 Word 2010
and downloaded Acrobat 9 Pro trial. Have used Acrobat 8 with Word 2007 and earlier versions with no problems. Now taking half an hour to convert a document and cutting out margins. Just today I was talking with Adobe tech help and was advised Acrobat 9 is compatible with Word 10. Any suggestions?

You should be able to print to the Adobe PDF printer, but nothing else probably will work with OFFICE 2010 as Adobe told you. You probably can just wait until AA10. There are no current expectations of AA9 being updated to work with OFFICE 2010 (at least the PDF Maker part.).

Font Scrambling in PDF Conversions from Word 2004

Our Imago fonts periodically get scrambled into garbage when using the Adobe 7.0 Pro Distiller to convert documents. We purchased the Imago fonts specifically for use in our business and have used this for a number of years and the problem continues to happen. It appears that it is imbedded properly in the preferences menu. Has anyone had this happen or does anyone have any suggestions?

Hello, hereby a snapshot of the Word doc & the result as pdf as shown in Adobe Acrobat Pro XI. (In Acrobat reader it shows ok) . Depending on how I convert to pdf I get different results. Sometimes a completely coloured page, a blank page or with only the coloured line showing.
I don't know how to post a link (don't have a web address ..) but if you give me a mail-address I could send the Word document to you.

Tamper proof or noneditable PDF file creation from smartforms.

Experts,
We have requirement to create PDF file from smartforms that should be tamper proof.
As we know there any many PDF to word convertors tools are in market.
So PDF file should not be copied and not converted in word (should be tamper proof and non-editable).
So do we have solution with in SAP only to achieve above requirement ?
Please take your time answering, I'm not the kind of person that demands an answer really quickly, because that would be a bit rude.
Message was edited by: Matthew Billingham - "hurry up" text replaced.

Dear Jelena,
True PDF is non-editable, but we can copy PDF content or even we can use tool to convert into word/docx format. for basically we are using information.
Orignal source will never change.
Let me explain you example.
Let say i have converted invoice (smartform) into PDF and send to X person.
Now X person can convert PDF into word format.
X person did some changes in word and converted back to PDF (miss use of orignal data/PDF file).
So requirement is that X person should not copy PDF content (Ctrl + C) and X person should be restrcited from converting to word.
Acrobat/Adobe has this feature but this is external (need to use some third pary tool)
Can this requirement accomplished within SAP only or include some Adobe package (class & method in SAP ).

Color graphic in a PDF generated from a SmartForm causes error

I have a SmartForm containing a color graphic. It works correctly,
appears just the way it should in Print Preview, and it prints
correctly. However, when I generate a PDF file from, Adobe Reader
complains that the PDF file is corrupt and refuses to print it. If I
remove the color graphic from the SmartForm and don't make any other
changes, I get a good PDF file that can be parsed, displayed, and
printed without any problems.
Why is the presence of the color graphic in the SmartForm leading to a
corrupt PDF file? Is there any workaround (short of removing the color
graphic) that I can use to get a good PDF file?
Here is a more detailed description of what I am doing.
1.     Creating the color graphic
     A. I started with a color .TIF file
     B. I went to transaction SE78,
        Form Graphics -> Stored on Document Server ->
          GRAPHICS General Graphics -> BMAP Bitmap Images
     C. Clicked on the "Import" icon
     D. In the "File name" field, navigated to my .TIF file
     E. Typed the name of my graphic in the "Name" field and some
        descriptive text in the "Description" field
     F. Selected the "Color Bitmap Image" radio button
     G. Set the "Print Attributes" as follows:
        Unchecked - Resides in the Printer Memory
        Checked   - Reserve Height Automatically
        Unchecked - Compression
     H. The color graphic seems to upload correctly
     I. When I click on Print Preview, it is displayed perfectly.
     J. When I use the Search Help associated with the name field to
        find the graphic, it is shown with the name and description
        that I gave it, the Object field is displayed as "GRAPHICS",
        the ID field is displayed as "BMAP".
     K. When I select Graphic -> Graphic Information, the Resolution is
        75 DPI and the Size is 26.86 x 8.26 cm. When I use this graphic
        in the SmartForm, I will enter the resolution as 300 DPI - in
        order to get an image whose dimensions are one-quarter of these
        dimensions, but which will have a good resolution for a laser
        printer.
2.     The use of the color graphic in the SmartForm
     A. It is a "Graphic" node which is the first node on the first
        (and only) page of the SmartForm.
        i.   The Name is the name of the graphic I created
        ii. Object = "GRAPHICS"
        iii. ID = "BMAP"
        iv. The "Color Bitmap Image (BCOL)" radio button is selected
        v.   The Resolution = 300 DPI
     B. The position and size are:
        i.   Left Margin = 15.00 MM
        ii. Width = 69.00 MM
        iii. Upper margin = 15.00 MM
        iv. Height = 21.77 MM
3.     The process of producing the PDF file
     A. The function SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME is called to obtain the
        name of the function module associated with the SmartForm.
     B. The function module (whose name was returned by
        SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME) is called with:
        i.   CONTROL_PARAMETERS = a SSFCTRLOP structure with
             GETOTF = 'X'
             NO_OPEN = space
             NO_CLOSE = space
             NO_DIALOG = 'X'
        ii. OUTPUT_OPTIONS = a SSFCOMOP structure with:
             TDPRINTER = 'POST2'
             TDDEST = space
             TDNEWID = 'X'
             TDIMMED = 'X'
             TDDELETE = space
             TDCOVER = space
             TDCOPOES = 1
       iii. JOB_OUTPUT_INFO = a structure of type SSFCRESCL used to
             receive the OTF file
     C. The function CONVERT_OTF is called with:
        i.   FORMAT parameter = 'PDF'
        ii. OTF table parameter = the OTFDATA table contained within
             the JOB_OUTPUT_INFO SSFCRESCL structure returned from the
             SmartForm function module.
        iii. BIN_FILE parameter = an XSTRING used to receive the PDF
             file
        iv. BIN_FILESIZE parameter = an integer used to receive the
             size of the PDF file.

Hello David,
The reason for this problem is probably related to the FlateDecode compression described in SAP Note 843480 (PDF conversion: Compression of bitmaps and TrueType fonts).
Try switching off the usage of FlateDecode compression again via report RSTXPDF3 as described in Note #843480.
It is a little confusing. The option 'FLATE_COMPR_OFF' needs to be set to 'On' to turn off the FlateDecode compression.
To set this run as follows:
   se38 -> RSTXPDF3 -> enter 'FLATE_COMPR_OFF' in the 'Name' field
         -> Select 'Change Settings' radio button
You will get a pop-up 'Do not use flat compression'.
Select the 'on' button.
After this create a new PDF and check if the problem is resovled.
Regards,
Aidan

Problem in PDF conversion of a Smartform

Hi Experts,
I have Chinese text and english text in the Smartform
When see print preview of Smartfrom the output is perfect
But when i convert the OTF to PDF using CONVERT_OTF FM and send as mail attachment,
The chinese characters are JUNK and conversion don't occur properly.
For english TEXT i use Times new roman font
For Chinese Text i use CNSONG
I have used other FM as well CONVERT_OTF_2_PDF, the results were negative.
Please advise
Regards
Balaji R

Hello Davide,
We got this solution from SAP active global support.
I suppose it works in some cases only.
Our scenario is when we try to create PDF of the smartform using FM convert_otf and send as mail attachment.
We can able to see chinese chracters when giving the print preview of the form, but during PDF conversion we get Junk chinese characters.
Even if you have multiple languages in your form, SAP proposes to use 'ZPDFUC' as device type.
My question has the solution proposed by you works in all cases?
Please advise.Thanks.
Best regards
Balaji R

Email PDF from SmartForms but it is editable

In SD, we are emailing the invoice in PDF from SmartForm. The problem we are facing is that PDF is editable and we would like to protect PDF from editting for security reason. is it possible to control attribute of PDF file from SAP at the point of sending?
Thanks in advane,
Masa

hi
good
you can protect the pdf file using the authorization object, go through this link i hope this ll help you to solve your problem.
http://www.jhu.edu/hopkinsone/Secure_Private/Library/Blueprint/CrossFunc_Section6.pdf
thanks
mrutyun^

Page numbers incorrect after conversion from Excel to pdf

Page numbers incorrect after conversion from Excel to pdf
""This above link (thread:834599) is from a case back in 2011 that claims to solve this problem, but it does not solve this problem. I think that customer only cared about having continuous page numbering, not discrete page numbering per sheet.
========================
I still have this issue in Acrobat XI and MS Office Professional Plus 2010. I keep upgrading to no avail. This regression has resulted in a huge time drain for me. If you fixed it, please explain how I can get my hands on the resolution.
Previous versions of Excel and Adobe Acrobat enabled flexibility around the "Page #" of "Number of Pages" (Page &[Page] of &[Pages]) token, depending on context and usage. The "# of pages" token could represent EITHER the number of pages in the workbook OR the number of pages in the tab/sheet, depending on how you generated the PDF:
You could select "Selected Sheets" and then select all or some of the individual sheets in the workbook, and the PDF would honor the discrete numbering of each of the sheets, so the first page of each sheet was p1 and the "# of pages" was the number of pages in the sheet; not the number of pages in the workbook; or
You could select "Entire Workbook" and the PDF would honor continuous page numbers across all sheets, as a single document.
Now, it only honors the total number of pages in the workbook, regardless of the method you use to publish to PDF: saving as PDF, printing to PDF, using "createPDF" from Acrobat plugin to Excel's menu ribbon; selecting all sheets, some sheets, or Entire Workbook; automatic First page number or "1" under Page Setup > Page> First page number. (This last option, btw, does restart every sheet at p1, but it hardly makes sense if the total number of pages is still the total number in the workbook instead of the number in the sheet.)
I spent a lot of time trying each which way that the blog posts recommended and have tried this on multiple versions of Excel and Acrobat now.
NONE of these time-consuming experiments gave me what I wanted.They all insist that "Page #" of "Number of Pages" (Page &[Page] of &[Pages]) is the total number of pages in the workbook or the total number of pages in the selected sheets combined.
The numbering are correct in Excel Page Layout.
The same issue happens when using LibreOffice calc. (Although, I never tested with Libre Office before, so I don't know that it ever worked).
The workaround now is to create PDF for each spreadsheet one at a time, and then compile them using the Acrobat combine/binder feature. All alternatives are extremely time consuming and tedious. It used to be automatic. This is a major regression that has gone untreated for over a year now, maybe two years.
My task takes infinitely more time to complete than it did with previous versions of Acrobat. That means that days are added to my project, when the functionality used to enable a quick pdf generation that was ready for review, now I have to do this very manual time-consuming set of steps to generate a draft. As the project has grown and more tabs are added, my pdf-generation task takes that much longer. We require lots of drafts. It used to be easy and fast. Now it is hard and time-consuming.
In my opinion, the problem is not Excel; it is Acrobat because it was introduced with an upgrade in Acrobat, not an upgrade in Excel. The problem was introduced in Acrobat 9 or 10. Please provide a patch or add-on or something.

If you are setting up the page numbers in Excel, the resulting PDF would display the the page numbers created in Excel. On Excel 2010 support page, (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/insert-and-remove-page-numbers-on-worksheets- HA010342619.aspx#BM2) is stated the following "tip" which indicates by default Excel 2010 starts numbering each tab with 1. Exel's workaround tip is below -
Set a different number for the starting page
Tip To number all of the worksheet pages in a workbook sequentially, first add page numbers to all worksheets in a workbook, and then use the following procedure to begin the page number for each worksheet with the appropriate number. For example, if your workbook contains two worksheets that with both be printed as two pages, you would use this procedure to begin the page numbering for the second worksheet with the number 3.
On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click the Dialog Box Launcher next to Page Setup.
On the Page tab, in the First page number box, type the number that you want to use for the first page.
Tip To use the default numbering system, type Auto in the First page number box.
Also helpful in the same section is the note on viewing page numbers. To see if the page numbering dilemma originates in Excel make sure you are using the Page Layout View see below:
Hide All
If you want numbers shown on pages when you print a worksheet you can insert page numbers in the headers or footers of the worksheet pages. Page numbers that you insert are not displayed on the worksheet in Normal view — they are shown only in Page Layout view and on the printed pages.
Overall it may be easier not to create the page numbers in Excel but instead create then in Acrobat using the Headers and Footers option in Acrobat. I hope this helps - it sounds like a frustrating issue you are experiencing.

PDF Conversion from Smartform-Thai

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for