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PostSubject: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyTue Feb 24, 2009 2:59 pm

I"ll need to submit my ms. to Lulu as a PDF (so certain fonts will print) and would appreciate any input on PDFs for someone who is completely new at it. Even though Lulu links to the CutePDF site, I'm wondering if it is better to purchase and use an older version of AdobeAcrobat (not as $$$ as the latest version) to have on hand for future use. Thanks.

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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyTue Feb 24, 2009 3:16 pm

If I understand you correctly and you use WORD, the PDF on the save file should work fine. So should the WORD 97-2003. I have used the latter. On downloading your file on Adobe Acrobat after it is finished, Any version should work OK. If yours won't for any reason, you should get a pop-up that will enable you to upload for free. I admit I'm not completely clear on your questions.
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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyTue Feb 24, 2009 4:13 pm

Hi Susan,

I had this problem with the file for Forever Friends and I had to change the fonts for the story/poem titles. If you send a pdf file to lulu, they will not guarantee that it will print to the same standard as a pdf file converted from a word document using lulu's uploader. Even if you converted the file yourself, the printing might not be exactly as you see it on your computer.
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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyTue Feb 24, 2009 8:25 pm

I don't think it's worth paying hundreds of dollars for Adobe toplevel versions (which is what you need to guarantee everything goes across), especially since LuLu might mess it up anyway.

I've never seen a "save as pdf" on word (you might be thinking of rtf, Dick?) but Cute works great unless you want workable links. In which case, I transfer the word file to Open Office and expoert it as a pdf.
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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyTue Feb 24, 2009 9:48 pm

I have an older version of Word, at least it's now considered an older version, and I have the 'save as pdf' option. It's actually under Print, but instead of printing, it converts the file to pdf. Mine is Word X for Mac.
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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyTue Feb 24, 2009 11:01 pm

I think that's an after-market addition, no? Like CutePDF or Primo or those.
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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyWed Feb 25, 2009 3:19 am

If you have Adobe Reader on your computer, you can print to it using Word.
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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyWed Feb 25, 2009 3:20 am

Word 2007 comes with a save as pdf option as standard.
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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyWed Feb 25, 2009 6:47 am

I also have WORD 2007 and as Jenny says, it has that option.
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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyWed Feb 25, 2009 7:18 am

Interesting. I had 2007 MS Office and Word and ditched it because it was so retro-backassards. Nice to know they improved something.

What I'd wonder is the quality of the pdf produced. Not all pdf's are equal by any means. Cute, as I mentioned, doesn't reproduce clickable links. (Worse, they LOOK live, but aren't). Some printer apps won't do backgrounds, or won't do graphic backgrounds,etc.

Shelagh, when you say "word" will print to adobe reader... what version of Word? Adobe Reader creates documents???
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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyWed Feb 25, 2009 9:58 am

I use Microsoft Word, I'm not sure which version just that it is an older version gotten cheap. Anyways, I just up load the stanard word file and let Lul convert the file. I have had no problems so far with the different fonts used in the files I've uploaded so I would recommend just using this method. It is simple and easy just the perfect thing for small brains like me Laughing
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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyWed Feb 25, 2009 10:09 am

Thanks for all of your input. Like always, invaluable help.

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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyWed Feb 25, 2009 11:58 am

Hint: it's a good idea not to get too bohemian with fonts, anyway.
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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyWed Feb 25, 2009 12:05 pm

I hate books where the print is to small. It makes them harder to read as wellas strains the eye something bad. For this reason I have made all my books with more readable font sizes though do understand that this could push up the page count. It is one of those things that you really have to think about seriously becaus the wrong one can have a real effect on how readers will look on your book.
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PostSubject: Re: PDF Help Please   PDF Help Please EmptyWed Feb 25, 2009 1:25 pm

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Interesting. I had 2007 MS Office and Word and ditched it because it was so retro-backassards. Nice to know they improved something.

What I'd wonder is the quality of the pdf produced. Not all pdf's are equal by any means. Cute, as I mentioned, doesn't reproduce clickable links. (Worse, they LOOK live, but aren't). Some printer apps won't do backgrounds, or won't do graphic backgrounds,etc.

Shelagh, when you say "word" will print to adobe reader... what version of Word? Adobe Reader creates documents???
You need Adobe Acrobat Elements stored on your computer and the reader to read the files you create. In Word, if you click on Print and choose Adobe PDF as the printer, a pdf file will be created. Hint: select "PostScript custom page" from the "scale to paper size" menu.
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