I second Jane's and Winnie'scomments. Of special note is the fact that Acrobat 4.0 has had some glitches, too numerous to detail here, which weren't present in Acrobat 3.0. The cruel truth... many folks only have 4.0 at this point in time and have no choice but to use it. However, Adobe has released an update (4.05) which should take care of the worst problems. It is being shipped before the end of the year, at no cost, to currently registered Acrobat 4.0 users. If you have not registered your copy, I suggest you do so online using the Adobe registration which comes with your software package. Rosemary At 09:09 AM 12/8/1999 -0600, you wrote: > I agree with Winnie's explanation, that document conversions which go >through several steps are more likely to develop glitches, and since Word >is only capable of "reading" the converted file in a much older generation, >that is more likely to cause problems. We've not had any problems with >WordPerfect to PDF conversions, only when for some reason, the document has >to go to Word as a step in between. However, I will caution everyone that >we recently (over the summer) had a problem with Office 2000/Word in >conjunction with Acrobat 4.0. That particular problem resulted in inability >to print by anyone && For the time being I encourage everyone to stick >with Acrobat 3.01, since "simpler" usually means less problems. - Jane >*************************************** > Jane E. Prudhomme, M.A., M.S. > Asst. Vice Chancellor, > Research and Sponsored Programs > University of New Orleans > 2000 Lakeshore Drive > New Orleans, LA 70148 > Phone: 504 - 280-7154 > 504-280- 3896 > E-Mail: xxxxxx@uno.edu > http://www.uno.edu/~orsp >***************************************** > Winnie Ennenga wrote: The WordPerfect to PDF conversion is the same as >for Office 97/Word 97 to >PDF. One likely explanation is that the document was compromised when it >was translated to Office 97/Word 97, since Word will only recognize >WordPerfect 5 (published 7 or 8 years ago). The good news is that >WordPerfect will open and save to the same generation >Word files. Additionally, WordPerfect versions 6 through 9 are compatible, >so P.I.s can work together even if they are not using the same version. >Adobe Acrobat is included in the WordPerfect 9 package, so you do not have > All this helps >P.I.s concentrate on their science instead of the mechanics of >communicating, which is "a good thing!" and which helps explain the > WordPerfect in this imperfect world! I'd be glad to help you with the >conversion if you'd like to contact me >directly. Winnie Ennenga At 05:48 PM 12/7/99 -0800, you wrote: >>We have a few PI's that still use WordPerfect. When creating a PDF from a >>word perfect document, formatting is compromised totally. We saved this >>document as a Office 97/Word 97 document, but the formatting is still saved >>into the new document; scanning finally worked, but an error message still > Does anyone have another solution? >> >>Thank you >> >>Joanne T. Cobble >>Proposal Services Specialist >>San Diego State University Foundation >>Research and Community Services - Development >>5250 Campanile Drive > 92182-1931 >>619.594.5505 >>619.594.4950 (fax) >>xxxxxx@foundation.sdsu.edu >> >> >>====================================================================== >> Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >> subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >> via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >>====================================================================== >Wilma G. 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