Word to Adobe PDF

[olds]

When I save a word doc as a pdf (I have the full version of Abobe), somewhere along the line, the color changes on the page. Can I fix this?

It's the green box:

Word

PDF

Fixed images

 

[lxskllr]

Use a different photo host?

 

[Steltek]

You might also try a PDF printer utility like PDFCreator or Cutewriter to print the file to a PDF.

 

[EagleKeeper]

You might also try a PDF printer utility like PDFCreator or Cutewriter to print the file to a PDF.

^^

 

[olds]

LOL
I have CS6 and the fix is to use PDFCreator or Cutewriter?

But, I won't be able to, it's a work computer and I can't even delete desktop icons much less install software.

 

[lxskllr]

LibreOffice exports to pdf. Maybe it does a better job than MS. If you can use thumb drives on your machine, you could try the portable version.

 

[Steltek]

LOL
I have CS6 and the fix is to use PDFCreator or Cutewriter?

But, I won't be able to, it's a work computer and I can't even delete desktop icons much less install software.

Firstly, you didn't say anything about having access to CS6. Secondly, CS6 has no bearing on Microsoft Word's peculiarities in saving files in PDF format. Apples and oranges, as they say.

No, the problem is that you don't have ALL of CS6 installed, but rather just a subset. Otherwise, a PDF printer device (Adobe PDF) would have been installed as a part of the Acrobat Pro component of CS6 which would make third party applications like PDFCreator or Cutewriter unnecessary. You might ask your system administrator if this could be added as it is part of the license.

Ok, take another tack. Instead of saving the file as PDF from Word, do the opposite. Start Acrobat Pro, then from the File menu select Create and then PDF from File. In the load box that pops up, navigate to your saved Word document and select it and hit Open. Maybe having Acrobat do the conversion instead of Word will result in a better outcome for your situation.

 

[olds]

Thanks, I'll try that.

 

[Cerb]

When I save a word doc as a pdf (I have the full version of Abobe), somewhere along the line, the color changes on the page. Can I fix this?

It's the green box:

Word

PDF

Fixed images

If you want that to work well, you need Adobe PDF. Adobe is a company. Acrobat is the product that creates and edits PDFs, and Adobe PDF is the Adobe proprietary virtual printer, included with some of their software packages. Programs like PDFCreator will do the job (and IMO, PDFCreator is worth the configuration time, compared to alternatives), but create huge files, in comparison to the Acrobat virtual printer, and usually require some configuration to be set for high quality, on top of that.

If you have a full CS6 license, or think you do, you should:
1. Verify that you do, and that it includes Adobe PDF
2. If you do, pester your IT people to install it, like they should have in the beginning.
3. If not, get PDFCreator, and configure it for lossless/no compression, where applicable, and compatibility over speed or size.