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MS Office Forum / Publisher / Commercial Printing / May 2005Automatically export to Acrobat
A PUBLISHING program can't even export to Acrobat automatically? What good IS it if it can't even turn the file into an industry standard format. There is no reason a multi-billion dollar company can't make a program that can do this all seamlessly and automatically. Of course it can. I do it quite often. Who told you it can't?  SignatureJoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] >A PUBLISHING program can't even export to Acrobat automatically? What good > IS it if it can't even turn the file into an industry standard format. > There > is no reason a multi-billion dollar company can't make a program that can > do > this all seamlessly and automatically. Without a third party program? > Of course it can. I do it quite often. Who told you it can't? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > do > > this all seamlessly and automatically. No, but considering that Acrobat is owned by a separate company, why would you expect that? SignatureJoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > Without a third party program? > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> > do >> > this all seamlessly and automatically. Because 3DS Max can export to Maya, because Paint Shop Pro can save as a *.PSD, because, well...you get the idea. Companies make their programs able to export to even their leading competitors. Thousands of programs have a nifty little feature under File -> Export. You may have seen this yourself. It's not a ridiculous expectation that a program designed to make PUBLICATIONS have a built in exporter to an industry standard PUBLICATION format. You don't "export" to a .pdf file. Export is usually some sort of an attempt to allow one file to be opened by another program. If you really want .pdf files, download PrimoPDF. It's a free program and you can create all the .pdf files you want. Can't edit them but............. (I'm spoiled, I just got Acrobat Pro v7) SignatureJoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > Because 3DS Max can export to Maya, > because Paint Shop Pro can save as a *.PSD, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > PUBLICATIONS have a built in exporter to an industry standard PUBLICATION > format. > Because 3DS Max can export to Maya, > because Paint Shop Pro can save as a *.PSD, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > PUBLICATIONS have a built in exporter to an industry standard PUBLICATION > format. Like Quark XPress, which can export directly to PDF. But Publisher isn't Quark XPress. It's a cheesy home program designed to print to home inkjet printers. Period. If you want to export to PDF, you'll have to ante up more than the couple of bucks that you paid for Publisher. <snip> > But Publisher isn't Quark XPress. It's a cheesy home program designed > to print to home inkjet printers. Period. > > If you want to export to PDF, you'll have to ante up more than the > couple of bucks that you paid for Publisher. No you don't. One can download a free pdf creation program such as primo.pdf and create a pdf file. And your first paragraph is just as wrong as your second one, and you know better. Too many people produce professional output for your post to be considered as anything more than a bash at Publisher. Please don't offer wide sweeping statements that are simply wrong. Okay, go ahead and do it. And lose all credibility. Mike > > If you want to export to PDF, you'll have to ante up more than the > > couple of bucks that you paid for Publisher. > > No you don't. One can download a free pdf creation program such as > primo.pdf and create a pdf file. True, but that's not EXPORT from within the program. > > > If you want to export to PDF, you'll have to ante up more than the > > > couple of bucks that you paid for Publisher. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > True, but that's not EXPORT from within the program. I know of no application, other than InDesign perhaps, whose built-in PDF export is a reliable choice for pre-press purposes. Writing PS and Distilling is almost always a better way to go, even if a PDF-exporting feature is available. SignatureOdysseus || But Publisher isn't Quark XPress. It's a cheesy home program || designed to print to home inkjet printers. Period. || || If you want to export to PDF, you'll have to ante up more than the || couple of bucks that you paid for Publisher. Wow...you come into the MS world of the newsgroups and post ENTIRELY wrong information. You are wanted back in the usenet world Elmo. P.S. Publisher + Adobe Acrobat Professional 7 is STILL cheaper than Quark. However, as Mike metioned, there are indeed free alternatives (as well as lower priced alternatives). Don't let the door hit ya in the @ss on the way out. SignatureBrian Kvalheim Microsoft Publisher MVP http://www.publishermvps.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > > Because 3DS Max can export to Maya, > > because Paint Shop Pro can save as a *.PSD, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Like Quark XPress, which can export directly to PDF. Only because Quark licenses the JAWS engine -- another third-party product -- to bundle with their program. SignatureOdysseus First, some of you are getting a bit testy. Second, WordPerfect has a 'publish to PDF' option; yet Office 2002 applications cannot do the same. In my business, I don't want to add additional steps to get a job done. I want a simple, single click solution. > No, but considering that Acrobat is owned by a separate company, why would > you expect that? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >> > do > >> > this all seamlessly and automatically. I wasn't getting testy - just merely stating a fact. SignatureJoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > First, some of you are getting a bit testy. > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> >> > do >> >> > this all seamlessly and automatically. || A PUBLISHING program can't even export to Acrobat automatically? || What good IS it if it can't even turn the file into an industry || standard format. There is no reason a multi-billion dollar company || can't make a program that can do this all seamlessly and || automatically. Industry standard in who's eyes? Save it as a *.ps file. Industry standard shops can distill *.ps file no problem. It's a standard. SignatureBrian Kvalheim Microsoft Publisher MVP http://www.publishermvps.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. |
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