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large file conversion

stef1a
Registered: Mar 28 2007
Posts: 2

Working with Acrobat Pro 7.0 one of my Professors can not create large PDF files 60+ pages. The smaller ones are fine what do I need to do?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0.9, Windows
dbaker
Expert
Registered: Feb 10 2006
Posts: 413
Acrobat is certainly capable of creating a PDF of more than 60 pages. It's hard to tell you exactly what to do since you don't explain what happens, but here are some things to look for and consider:

* Don't try to batch convert the files. Convert one file at a time.

* Try using the Adobe PDF printer rather than the PDFMaker.

* Try using the PDFMaker instead of the Adobe PDF Printer.

* Check the conversion settings (choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings). On the default tab that displays, check that the option to display the file in Acrobat after conversion is deselected. Sometimes that crashes a conversion.* Deselect any features that you don't want on the Settings, Word, and Bookmarks tabs. For example, deselect bookmarks or links, cross-references, comments, and so on. Leave the option on the Settings tab, Enable Accessibility and Reflow the tagged Adobe PDF selected.

* Deselect the option to Attach the source file to Adobe PDF on the Settings tab.

You'll have to experiment with these different options to see what works. The key is to simplify what you want converted as much as possible.

donna.

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