atw: Re: Help with Word to PDF conversion
- From: "Michael Granat" <mgranat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:42:08 +1000
Whoa Naomi K and Deborah C.
Your discussion triggers a memory of an earlier solution to a related pro=
blem.
Methinks I have it.
If you're talking relative versus actual file / drive / folder hyperlnks,=
=20which I think you are, this harks back to an issue that came up recent=
ly about Word 9 (aka 2000) putting in relative links to linked but not in=
cluded picture files.
Word will insert stuff like {INCLUDEPICTURE "..\\..\\..\\MEGPICS\\FlowCha=
rts\\SysOverview001.wmf \* MERGEFORMAT \d "} instead of {INCLUDEPICTURE "=
C:\\MEGPICS\\FlowCharts\\SysOverview001.wmf \* MERGEFORMAT \d "}.
(As always, save and back up the file concerned before trying this.)
So (in Word) go to Tools> Options > View (tab). Select Field codes: and =
click OK or press Enter.
Now go Edit > Replace (Ctrl+H) and replace all instances of "..\\..\\..\\=
=20with "C:\\ - where C:\ is the physical local drive address that you wa=
nt. Then go back to the Tools > Options > View (tab), deselect Field cod=
es: and click OK or press Enter.
Now go File > Print preview, press Ctrl+A (selects all) then F9 to update=
=20all fields.
(Your default Windows print driver should be your Acrobat printer for thi=
s to work / paginate properly.)
Accept the update for any content list update requests.
When finished, press Ctrl+S to Save.
Press Escape to exit the print preview mode.
Now create your PDF!
All the best,
Michael
Michael E. Granat
T/as Write Ideas
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Without Prejudice. E&OE.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Naomi Kramer [mailto:nkr@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 10 August 2004 16:16
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Help with Word to PDF conversion
Deborah,
Ironically, when I try this with the same Word and Acrobat versions, I=20
tend to get relative links, NOT absolute. This is about all I can offer =
-=20
you might try changing the Word hyperlinks to '.\doc1.doc' and see if=20
that works?
- Naomi
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