[Hidden-tech] PDF creation problem from Mac

[eac2222 at gmail.com]

Stacy --

It sounds to me also like it may be a problem with the Word file 
rather than particularly a PDF problem.

What I would try --

1) Have you done a "Save As" to a new filename recently?  This tosses 
all the old content and modifications, and starts fresh.  It can 
decrease the filesize too, if it's been a while since the last Save 
As.

2) Another way to start fresh is to open a new, blank, Word document. 
Set whatever document format you need to match the old document, then 
copy your content, paste it in, and Save.

3) If it were me, I'd do the above but in chunks.  First maybe paste 
in a quarter of your document and try the PDF.  And so on.

The problem with doing it in chunks is that if you have a lot of 
items that need sequential numbering -- not just page numbers, but a 
ToC, figure numbers, section numbers, etc. -- creating your final 
output in chunks will wreak havoc with the autonumbering.  OTOH, 
chunks can at least narrow down where the problem is, and maybe then 
you'll need only to re-place one problem image to fix the file, or 
something like that.

Finally, I quite like PDFLab (free) for combining several PDFs into 
one, but comments say it won't run under 10.6 and higher.  "Combine 
PDFs" seems to be a newer free application doing the same thing.

Have you tried printing to Postscript and then making a PDF?

Good luck!  Hope this helps,



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>I have a 164 page report in MS Word for Mac 2011, compatibility mode. I
>keep trying to make a PDF out of it using the standard "save as pdf" and
>it does it fine for the first 50 pages, makes a 2nd file for next 16
>pages and then a corrupt 3rd file for the balance.
>
>Alternatives I've tried:
>
>1.) I installed CUPS-PDF to the Mac (OSC 10.6.8) and that didn't work
>either - no PDF file where they said it would be created.
>
>2.) I have Acrobat 9 Pro but can't open the Word document with it to try
>and make a PDF that way.
>
>3.) Tried to just print the last 97 pages to the "save as pdf" but
>results in error message about the word file being corrupt.
>
>In case you can just do the save fore me, I have the word file uploaded
>to my website but the one person who tried to access it can't download
>it. 295 MB. I don't know if that was why.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Stacy

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