A problem while converting to PDF!

[Guest]

Hi fellas!
I've installed Microsoft Office 2007 and when I insert an equation and want
to convert it to PDF format (Office Add-in PDF convertor), Adobe Acrobat does
not show anything. What's the problem???
Thanks in advance...

 

[JoAnn Paules]

The paid program Acrobat or the free Reader?

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Click on the Pizza Button at the top left of the screen and then in the
bottom border of the dialog, click on Word Options and then on the Display
item and make sure that the "Print drawing objects created in Word" box is
checked in the Printing options section of the dialog.

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[Bob Mathews]

I've installed Microsoft Office 2007 and when I insert an
equation and want to convert it to PDF format (Office
Add-in PDF convertor), Adobe Acrobat does not show
anything. What's the problem???

Unfortunately, the only font available for the new equation
authoring tool in Word 2007 doesn't convert to PDF. It doesn't
matter if you're using the built-in "save as PDF" function or if
you're using the full version of Acrobat 8 Professional. Your
equations won't show up. This is true when printing to some
printers as well. For example, my HP DJ1200 won't print
equations, but my Dell 3100cn will.

If you need to make PDFs from your Word documents with equations,
I suggest one of two methods. One method is to use the "old"
equation editor. This is the same one that was in previous
versions of Word, and goes by either "Equation Editor" or
"Microsoft Equation 3.0". You get to Equation Editor by selecting
the "Insert" tab on the Word Ribbon. In the Text group, click
Object, then choose "Microsoft Equation 3.0" from the list and
click OK.

The other option is to use MathType, which is made by the same
company as Equation Editor, but with more features. If you don't
own MathType, you can try it out for 30 days for free. Just click
the link in my signature.

As an aside, if you're using PowerPoint, the "new" equation tool
isn't accessible from PowerPoint, but both Equation Editor and
MathType are.

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Just testing here, using Snagit (from www.techsmith.com), you can print a
document to a .pdf file and the equations will be included.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Bob Mathews]

Just testing here, using Snagit (from www.techsmith.com), you
can print a document to a .pdf file and the equations will be
included.

Thanks, Doug. That's good to know. I'd try it myself, but my
Snagit trial has already expired. ;-)

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Director of Training
Design Science, Inc.
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MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi Bob,

I just took your word for Adobe not being able to do it, and maybe you are
correct for the version that you mentioned, and maybe we are talking about
different equations.

However, inserting the equation for a Fourier Series from the Equation
Pulldown in the Symbols section of the Insert tab of the ribbon, and then
printing the document with the Adobe PDF Printer from Adobe 6.0, the
equation is present in the document produced.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Bob Mathews]

Doug,

Thanks for checking. I know that when I evaluated Office 2007 for
our company last December, this didn't work. I was using a
released version (not a beta). I just tried it again, using both
Acrobat 8 Professional and Word's Save as PDF function. It worked
in both cases, though both cases failed in December under similar
circumstances. I can only assume that one of the "update Tuesday"
updates must have fixed it since then. That's good to know.
(However, I only show one update -- KB933493 -- and that was for
Outlook 2007.)

Curious, I tried printing the same document to my trusty HP
LJ1200, and this time it definitely didn't print the equations.
I've got the most up-to-date driver for the printer. The PDFs
printed fine; the docx didn't.

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Bob Mathews
Director of Training
Design Science, Inc.
bobm at dessci.com
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FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5
MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide

 

[Guest]

Hi Bob!
Does MathType v5.2c support Word 2007?
How can I insert the equations into Word 2007?

Bye the way, Are there any fixes for this Add-in PDF convertor?
If not, how can I contact Microsoft office support team through e-mail?

Thanks a lot...

 

[Bob Mathews]

Does MathType v5.2c support Word 2007?
How can I insert the equations into Word 2007?

Sorry. I should have mentioned that in my last e-mail. Since
MathType 5.2 was released before Word 2007, its integration isn't
automatic like it is with earlier versions of Word. We have an
article on our web site that shows how to use it with Word 2007
and PowerPoint 2007:

http://www.dessci.com/en/support/mathtype/tsn/tsn123.htm

Bye the way, Are there any fixes for this Add-in PDF
convertor? If not, how can I contact Microsoft office
support team through e-mail?

Well as it turns out, I gave out some old information. I normally
make PDFs with Word 2003 and Acrobat 8, but in December when I
tried it with Word 2007 and Acrobat 8, the text of the document
showed up in the PDF just fine, but the equations didn't. (These
were equations that were created with Word 2007's equation tool,
not with MathType.) Someone pointed out that he didn't have any
problem with PDFs, so I tried it again, and it works. So I'm not
sure if Microsoft patched it, or if I did something wrong the
first time. I just know it works now. It also works if you use
Word 2007's "Save as PDF" feature.

If you're going to use Acrobat to make PDFs with MathType
equations, we have an article about that as well:

http://www.dessci.com/en/support/mathtype/tsn/TSN69.htm

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Bob Mathews
Director of Training
Design Science, Inc.
bobm at dessci.com
http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news
FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5
MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide