Having Trouble Converting From Word to PDF

[cchen]

So I've tried it both ways - first by clicking on the Adobe PDF icon, and then by going to print then choosing Acrobat Distiller.
The error message that I get is "The document failed to print." and the error in the printer status says "Error - Printing"

Can anyone help me fix this? I'm just trying to convert my Word resume to PDF...

 

[SyahM]

I think in the print window/menu, you should choose Acrobat PDFWriter instead of Acrobat Distiller.

 

[cchen]

There is no option for that.

 

[cchen]

 

[gopunk]

do you have the postscript driver/printer installed?

 

[yllus]

If you're really stuck, you might want to try installing and using Jaws PDF Creator, which also installs as a printer and creates fully PDF 1.3 compliant documents. It's not free but can be downloaded for evaluation purposes - documents will include a watermark on them.

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: gopunk
do you have the postscript driver/printer installed?

Hmm.. well, I can convert my Pagemaker files to PDF with no problem, and I know that it uses the Distiller as well...
But it still can't convert the Word files...

 

[cchen]

 

[cchen]

can't anyone help me?

 

[trmiv]

I had this problem the other day, make sure AcroTray.exe is running in your tasklist. Once that is running, it should work fine.

 

[The Stigenator]

In word look for the adobe icon on the toolbar.. press that and it should create it.. otherwise add teh button in.

Ortherwise under file menu there should be something that says create PDF.

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: The_good_guy
In word look for the adobe icon on the toolbar.. press that and it should create it.. otherwise add teh button in.

Ortherwise under file menu there should be something that says create PDF.

Uhh did you not read my initial post? Those are the two things that I tried...

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: trmiv
I had this problem the other day, make sure AcroTray.exe is running in your tasklist. Once that is running, it should work fine.

Thanks man! I just ran acrotray and tried it again and it worked. Thanks!