[cw-discuss] Re: MS word and pdf export

[Jeremy White]

This is great information - thanks a lot!

Cheers,

Jeremy

Helen Ross wrote:
> 
> 
>> Re: MS word and pdf export
>>
> 
> I found a program that puts a menu in MS Word (only Word) and bypasses
> all printer drivers to produce a pdf file. The files created are
> searchable and look pretty good to me. I have tested out with a number
> of documents that contain lots of graphics, tables etc.
> 
> It is called pdf brewer version 2 and is free for personal use though
> you do have to enter your name and email. You can get it from
> 
> www.cib.de
> 
> It also has something called e.pdf which allows you to create a document
> that is a hybrid word and pdf but adobe choked on it. Just untick the
> check box before saving.
> 
> Athough it seems to work on my machine using word xp in a win98 bottle
> without problems please back everything up - you never know!
> 
> I found out why using the wine ps driver you don't get searchable text.
> When Word prints to the driver it converts all text to graphics so if
> you look in the ps file (save to file when printing in word gets you the
> ps) you can't find any of your text.
> 
> Helen
> 
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