I have a MS Publisher 2007 file that I want to convert to pdf while preserving the links (using Acrobat 9 macro). If "Add Links" is checked, the conversion process crashes Publisher and I cannot get a pdf. If I uncheck "Add Links" it converts fine. Any suggestions?
Got curious and played with Publisher 2007 and Acrobat 9's associated PDFMaker.
Standard Office Hyperlink works with no problem. Having "headings" available as Hyperlink
destinations is nice (not there in an older release of Publisher I've available).
PDFMaker processes these out into the PDF with no problem.
PDFMaker's "Bookmarks" selection will result in making PDF
"Bookmarks" (over in the Navigation pane) from the Publisher "headings" (Title, Heading 1, 2, 3, etc.).
It does not make a "link" from the Office Hyperlink to an Office application's "Bookmark".
One thing I observed with Publisher 2007 is that when I use an Office Hyperlink
to any Publisher "bookmarks" I have set the result is that these consistently cause PDFMaker to fail.
Publisher 2007 goes into a "not responding" condition.
Have to go into the Windows Task Manager and "end" the "application" (Publisher).
Later, after having the laptop shutdown I went to access Publisher 2007.
Got an error dialog about problems with Publisher. The OS did is magic and I'm able to launch
Publisher 2007 and play in it.
Consequently, I'd have to suggest not using the Office "bookmark" in a Publisher 2007 document with
the follow up of an Office Hyperlink to the Office "bookmark" in the same or other Publisher 2007
file with the intent of getting an output PDF. The Hyperlinks to bookmarks, in Publisher 2007 work fine.
So, one might share the Publisher file(s). But, right now, getting an output PDF that contains a link
set by Office Hyperlink to an internal Publisher bookmark does not look to be in the cards.
Interestingly, when I try to use the Office Hyperlink from one Publisher 2007 file to another so as
to "link" to an Office "bookmark" set in the second file, Publisher presents a pop-up that tells me it cannot do this.
Checked for Publisher 2007 updates but the install is "up-to-date".
In contrast, I've experience no problems with use of links to bookmarks in Word 2007 when
using the various "bookmark" choices available in the Acrobat PDFMaker available for Word.
But then this PDFMaker provides more discrete choices than found in the PDFMaker for Publisher.
Looking over what I can and cannot do with Word 2007 and Publisher 2007, in context of output PDF
(using Acrobat 9), I'd have to say Publisher 2007 is less friendly to fully featured PDFs than Word 2007 is.
fwiw (& some $ with the "imo" will get you coffee at Starbucks )
InDesign, for page layout and publishing might be a better "fit" [i]if[/i] an important part of the
deliverable is to be PDF.
Be well...
Be well...