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PDF Maker adding text in header and footer

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2008-04-04 09:38:23
BillA
Registered: Feb 11 2008
Posts: 18
Answered

This is an update to a previous posting.

Using MS Word 2003 PDF Maker.

As I convert documents from MS Word to .pdf , I am experiencing a problem with what looks like additional text being placed in front of a field, which references a bookmark in my Word document.

The additional code is showing up in header and footers only.

When I place a reference field in the body of my document it converts properly. However, when it does convert properly in the body, it creates a hyperlink back to the referenced word - which is not my intention. My intent was to create a bookmarked area that will propagate its contents throughout the document (in the header/footer etc...).

The additional text seems to be the code Word uses to reference the Word bookmark.

I recently updated from Professional 7 to 8 and installed the 8.1.2 update. This is the first time I have had this problem!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows
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2008-04-07 12:23:31
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Unfortunately this is a known issue with Acrobat 8. The program adds sequential extraneous characters to the Word header if you insert a 'StyleRef' field in 'First page header' in the word document and even/odd headers.

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

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2008-04-07 12:30:08
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BillA
Registered: Feb 11 2008
Posts: 18
Thank you for your note... thought I was going crazy.

As a work around I've turned off "Preserve Formatting During Updates" in each of the referenced fields. This has kept the additional code from appearing.
I'll need to keep this in mind for future changes.

Thanks again,
Bill
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