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Error when converting Word document with Citelinks to PDF

nmara
Registered: Feb 4 2007
Posts: 102
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This is a unique situation but we have a user who created a large Word document, which has "citelinks" in it that reference a WestLaw website. The documents has a Table Of Authority, and a Table Of Contents in it. When the user goes to Adobe tab on the Ribbon in Word 07 and chooses Create PDf, it crashes her Word, and recommends disabling her 'acrobat pdfmaker com' add in. If, however, the user goes into preferences and chooses QUICK AND SIMPLE under application preferences this does not happen. I guess my question is what functionality does the user lose if the create quick and simple PDFs versus full functionality? Secondly, are there any otehr possible workarounds for this issue

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows
Dimitri
Expert
Registered: Nov 1 2005
Posts: 1389
Hi nmara,

Here is an Adobe Knoweldge Base article on the issue with crashing when converting from Word 2007-

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb402334

Quick and Simple is for "plain vanilla" PDFs that don't have advanced features like Bookmarks. Here is an excerpt from an article here at AUC by Ted Padova that explains some of the features you don't get with the Quick and Simple option-

"One special issue you’ll want to keep in mind when creating PDF documents in Microsoft Word 2007 is that you have essentially two types of PDF files you can create. The PDFMaker offers you a choice between quickly creating either a basic PDF document (Quick-and-simple PDF) that you might use for file exchanges and content review, or taking longer to create a Fully functional PDF for more advanced usage, such as printing, accessibility, document repurposing, forms creation, archiving standards and so on. (Note: The "Fully Functional" mode is the same way you created PDFs in Acrobat 8.0 and earlier.)"
Full article is here-
http://www.acrobatusers.com/articles/2007/06/top_resons_acrobat_8_1/index.php?printer_friendly=true

So, basically the fully functional PDF method retains the underlying "structure" of the PDF while the Q&S method does not.Hop ethis helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
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nmara
Registered: Feb 4 2007
Posts: 102
Thanks Dimitri. I found that information, and will continue reading Ted Padova's book as I guess I need to truly understand the structure of a PDf document ..

Muh appreciated

Nat