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In Response To René_Bühling

We had a problem with vector graphics having dotted and dashed lines being smoothed to solid with PDF Maker. This was in a dissertation last year. We used method B and the result turned out fine. There are some issues supposedly with using the printing process relative to graphics resolution (there is a PDF article on this from Adobe about the issues of refrying a PDF), but we had no problems. When you are under the gun, time wise, method B provides a viable alternative.

I believe in the original post, it was implied that the PDF was having blank page issues with both PDF Maker and the print to the Adobe PDF printer, so that issue is probably still on the table. If Nvidia123 could provide a post of the WORD and PDF files, then some of us could look at that issue on the specific files. At this point, we are only guessing what the problems may be and would be able to make more progress towards a solution with the actual files.

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This may provide a clue toward solving the issue you are having.

My problem, which is somewhat similar, was with a PowerPoint image pasted into a Word 2007 document as HTML that I got from another person.

When converted to PDF, the slide content was not fully reproduced.

My solution. I copied the PowerPoint object and using Paste Special, pasted it back into the Word document as a Enhanced Windows Metafile.

PDF conversion success.

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Has anyone found a solution?

I only seem to have the problem when I create «Different Odd & Even Pages» for Headers and Footers in MS Word 2013.

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In Response To palmanoe

I had the same issue printing large files with text, tables and png files (100mb+ word doc, 300+ pages)

the easiest resolution is to:

in word select ‘save as’ instead of print and change the file type to PDF as below

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In Response To peter_kent

Thanks Peter for taking the time to try and assist.

Unfortunately, that doesn’t solve the issue.  I’m using Word 2013 and it has an «Export» button to create .pdf files, which is what I would normally use.  I did try your suggestion (which I believe is the same way the Export button is working) explicitly, but I’m still having the issue.

I’m pretty sure now it does indeed have something to do with the «Different Odd & Even Pages,» as if I unclick the option in my Header Ribbon, then the problem goes away.  However, I need that functionality in my Word document.  There are some work arounds in Work (creating Section Breaks every other page), but in the end it’s just easier for me to delete the blank pages as my documents are only around 25 pages.

Thanks again though.  Let me know if you have any other thoughts.

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hi guys,

In my case this solution worked out:

save file as docx, then save againg as pdf. It might work probably only when the source is doc file.

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Hi, I had the same issue. I found it was not my Adobe settings at all but was caused from the source. In Word are you creating page breaks with the ‘Odd page’ option? This creates an apparently seemless new page but in Adobe it sees the page in between as a blank. If so, use ‘Next page’ section breaks to avoid this — unfortunately I could only fix it by starting again and copying the text across, if someone knows a better way to change the field setting, let me know.

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In Response To garrytlister

Hello I too had a blank page — I followed your advice re changing the page break type and hey presto problem resolved. Thank you so much for taking the time to let us know.

Sarah

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Had the same «blank page» problem. Found a solution:

• Go into Word —> File —> Options —> Display
• Under «Printing Options,» select:

1. «Print drawings created in Word»
2. «Print background colors and images»
3. «Print hidden text»

Click «OK»

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By chance, I found an easy solution. 

1. Highlight the entire Word document (such as by using FN8);

2. Copy and paste the highlighted text into a new, blank document and give it a different name than the original.

3. Convert the new document to a pdf.

I can’t explain why it worked, but it did. The extra blank pages were gone.  Post a reply if it worked for you, too.

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In Response To brianm22924078

The highlight method worked! Here’s the best steps(imo):

1. Highlight the whole file

2. Create a new .docx and copy the whole text to the new file

3. Change highligh color to «No color»(Look like no highlight at all)

4. Save as pdf

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_________________________________

Go to Word Options

_________________________________

Click on Display on Left Column

_________________________________

Check (1) Print drawings created in Word

_________________________________

And

_________________________________

(2) Print Background colors and images

_________________________________

click on OK as save your options

_________________________________

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I went back into my original Word doc and removed page breaks. This took out the blank pages in my PDF.

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Has there been any progress with this problem?  I’ve had it for 5 (?) years.  I’ve tried the suggested solutions without success.

I see the issue with full page figures inserted into Word from ArcGIS.  Generally the map has a background image and map elements.  The resulting PDF page usually is not blank, rather the footer, header, and figure caption are visible, but the figure is not. 

I have found it to be inconsistent.  Sometimes it will happen sometimes it will not.

I believe the image is in the PDF and it is a display issue because I have had rare instances when the page in question will display on one computer, but not another, or display initially, but never again.

It seems to be a Save as PDF issue (used for the bookmarking as mentioned above).  My only solution is to Print to PDF for each of the problem pages, drag the good page into the main document, and delete the bad page.

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In Response To René_Bühling

We had a problem with vector graphics having dotted and dashed lines being smoothed to solid with PDF Maker. This was in a dissertation last year. We used method B and the result turned out fine. There are some issues supposedly with using the printing process relative to graphics resolution (there is a PDF article on this from Adobe about the issues of refrying a PDF), but we had no problems. When you are under the gun, time wise, method B provides a viable alternative.

I believe in the original post, it was implied that the PDF was having blank page issues with both PDF Maker and the print to the Adobe PDF printer, so that issue is probably still on the table. If Nvidia123 could provide a post of the WORD and PDF files, then some of us could look at that issue on the specific files. At this point, we are only guessing what the problems may be and would be able to make more progress towards a solution with the actual files.

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This may provide a clue toward solving the issue you are having.

My problem, which is somewhat similar, was with a PowerPoint image pasted into a Word 2007 document as HTML that I got from another person.

When converted to PDF, the slide content was not fully reproduced.

My solution. I copied the PowerPoint object and using Paste Special, pasted it back into the Word document as a Enhanced Windows Metafile.

PDF conversion success.

• Follow
• Report

Has anyone found a solution?

I only seem to have the problem when I create «Different Odd & Even Pages» for Headers and Footers in MS Word 2013.

• Follow
• Report

In Response To palmanoe

I had the same issue printing large files with text, tables and png files (100mb+ word doc, 300+ pages)

the easiest resolution is to:

in word select ‘save as’ instead of print and change the file type to PDF as below

• Follow
• Report

In Response To peter_kent

Thanks Peter for taking the time to try and assist.

Unfortunately, that doesn’t solve the issue.  I’m using Word 2013 and it has an «Export» button to create .pdf files, which is what I would normally use.  I did try your suggestion (which I believe is the same way the Export button is working) explicitly, but I’m still having the issue.

I’m pretty sure now it does indeed have something to do with the «Different Odd & Even Pages,» as if I unclick the option in my Header Ribbon, then the problem goes away.  However, I need that functionality in my Word document.  There are some work arounds in Work (creating Section Breaks every other page), but in the end it’s just easier for me to delete the blank pages as my documents are only around 25 pages.

Thanks again though.  Let me know if you have any other thoughts.

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hi guys,

In my case this solution worked out:

save file as docx, then save againg as pdf. It might work probably only when the source is doc file.

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• Report

Hi, I had the same issue. I found it was not my Adobe settings at all but was caused from the source. In Word are you creating page breaks with the ‘Odd page’ option? This creates an apparently seemless new page but in Adobe it sees the page in between as a blank. If so, use ‘Next page’ section breaks to avoid this — unfortunately I could only fix it by starting again and copying the text across, if someone knows a better way to change the field setting, let me know.

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In Response To garrytlister

Hello I too had a blank page — I followed your advice re changing the page break type and hey presto problem resolved. Thank you so much for taking the time to let us know.

Sarah

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Had the same «blank page» problem. Found a solution:

• Go into Word —> File —> Options —> Display
• Under «Printing Options,» select:

1. «Print drawings created in Word»
2. «Print background colors and images»
3. «Print hidden text»

Click «OK»

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• Report

By chance, I found an easy solution. 

1. Highlight the entire Word document (such as by using FN8);

2. Copy and paste the highlighted text into a new, blank document and give it a different name than the original.

3. Convert the new document to a pdf.

I can’t explain why it worked, but it did. The extra blank pages were gone.  Post a reply if it worked for you, too.

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In Response To brianm22924078

The highlight method worked! Here’s the best steps(imo):

1. Highlight the whole file

2. Create a new .docx and copy the whole text to the new file

3. Change highligh color to «No color»(Look like no highlight at all)

4. Save as pdf

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• Report

_________________________________

Go to Word Options

_________________________________

Click on Display on Left Column

_________________________________

Check (1) Print drawings created in Word

_________________________________

And

_________________________________

(2) Print Background colors and images

_________________________________

click on OK as save your options

_________________________________

• Follow
• Report

I went back into my original Word doc and removed page breaks. This took out the blank pages in my PDF.

• Follow
• Report

Has there been any progress with this problem?  I’ve had it for 5 (?) years.  I’ve tried the suggested solutions without success.

I see the issue with full page figures inserted into Word from ArcGIS.  Generally the map has a background image and map elements.  The resulting PDF page usually is not blank, rather the footer, header, and figure caption are visible, but the figure is not. 

I have found it to be inconsistent.  Sometimes it will happen sometimes it will not.

I believe the image is in the PDF and it is a display issue because I have had rare instances when the page in question will display on one computer, but not another, or display initially, but never again.

It seems to be a Save as PDF issue (used for the bookmarking as mentioned above).  My only solution is to Print to PDF for each of the problem pages, drag the good page into the main document, and delete the bad page.

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