About Justin VanAlstyne Expertise I have a full working knowledge of Adobe Acrobat 5.0 - 7.01. I have experience in creating interactive PDFs, embedding multimedia, web-based forms, creating presentations using PDF, advanced prepress preparation, PDF web optimization, color management, and using PDF as a soft-proofing tool. I do not have a lot of experience using Acrobat`s advanced Javascripting features, though a lot of custom functionality can be built into a PDF this way.
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I've searched everywhere, including the Adobe knowledge base. I have confirmed that other people are expericneing this, but I have not found a real solution. One "solution" is to use the Windows version of Word/Acrobat. I know from one person that these issues do not exist in that case. Another "solution" is using a free online service at:
E-mail links and two-line links are not a problem. However, there's a 2 MB limit and you have to wait a few minutes for things to be e-mailed back to you. It's just not as nice as having the application on your own computer...and there's no Mac version to date.
So there are no real fixes to this problem.
Well, any other thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
Rich
Answer Rich-
I am a long-time PC user that recently switched to Mac. One of the first things I noticed (besides loving Panther) is that the Mac versions of almost all popular programs have noticeably less features, support, and general interest. Entourage vs. Outlook, and Norton tools come to mind first.
Anyway, have you verified whether or not Acrobat 6 has resolved this issue? I know that much of version 6 is a complete redesign from 5. If you wouldn't mind sending me one of your Word docs, I can try the Word macro from my machine (Panther, Acrobat 6, Office 2004), and see if using the latest software helps the problem.
As far as online PDF creation goes, it's not a bad way to go if you don't create alot of PDFs, they aren't huge, and you work with standard file types. I'd be careful with some of the services though, some may not support of the features available in a Word doc, especially a Mac created Word doc. Basic text and formatting may come through, but if you throw in more than that, it may get problematic. And usually 3rd-party PDF creation tools don't support alot of the PDF features that Acrobat does.
You should also check out Adobe's online PDF creation service. It seems to offer a ton of features, supports alot more file formats, and you can create 5 free files to test it out.
If you send me something, send to junk2@jmvdigital.com.
