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Highlighted text in Word -> PDF

DaveLogan
Registered: Apr 19 2007
Posts: 4

I'm using Acrobat Standard v8 and Word 200, on Win XP.
 
PDFMaker and Distiller ignore highlighted text in Word for some reason - even though the highlighted text prints out on my printer. So I have to go through the resulting PDF re-highlighting all of the highlighted text, which in a 170 page report containing nearly 100 highlights is a nightmare. Is there any commercially available alternative to PDFMaker that can automatically convert highlighted text in Word to highlighted text in the resulting PDF (as well as doing all the things that PDFMaker does do well)?
 
Dave

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 8, Windows
lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Hi DaveLogan,

Do you have the Adobe PDF printer set as the default when you create the PDF from Word? Also, the Adobe PDF printer uses the printing options you specify in the Word Options or Print dialog box so make sure all the Options under the Print menu in Word are selected.

You can also check out the following technical note on our website for creating PDFs from Word at:
[url=http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=333220&sliceId=2]http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=333220&sliceId=2[/url]Let me know if this works for you.
Thanks,
Lori

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.