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[thebitterguy]

He'p me! I'm trying to print out the sample adventure for my favourite RPG setting ever (Damnation Decade), and it's coming out all gobbledy gooky, but it looks fine on the screen. Is there a setting I need to change or a font I'm missing?

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[tfbretz.livejournal.com]

Just a hunch, but try telling Acrobat to print it as a graphic. It should be an option on the printer control panel in Acrobat.

[thebitterguy]

And it works! Woohoo, thanks!

[rodshark.livejournal.com]

Okay, this may sound like a really, REALLY dumb question, but forgive me, I am kind of a n00b with computer programs (although for someone who is completely self-taught I actually kick some ass).

But how do you put a document (rtf or wordperfect) into a Acrobat format? I'm trying to put my Role-playing system into Acrobat, but I haven't figured it out and haven't had enough time to play with and fiddle around with it enough to figure it out.

[thebitterguy]

Oh, dear lord. I think your program should have an option to save as a .pdf. I think a DTP program should have the option to do that as well.

I haven't touched layout or publishing software since '96, so I don't have a lot of info on that.

[tfbretz.livejournal.com]

The answer is, it depends.

What are you using to produce the source document? If it's Word or Publisher, you'll need some sort of third-party software to do it. Adobe Acrobat Professional is the obvious choice, but there are a number of third-party Acrobat distiller programs out there. Basically, Acrobat is just a fancy sort of Postscript file, so the distiller typically sits in your list of available printers and you select it if you want to turn an existing Word or whatever file into a PDF.

I don't know if WordPerfect has a built in distiller. I know Open Office does, but I've heard it has a few problems, though I don't know more than that.

[rodshark.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll check to see if the Wordperfect version I am using has a distiller and can convert to PDF :)