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RE: How to create a .pdf file from FrameMaker 5.5 (Education Vers ion)
Subject:RE: How to create a .pdf file from FrameMaker 5.5 (Education Vers ion) From:"Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com> To:"'Jean Drouin'" <jean_d -at- hotmail -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:31:59 -0500
Does FrameMaker 5.5 Education version come with Adobe Distiller 3.02?
Roughly the process is this:
* Download the Adobe PPD and unzip it.
* Download and install the Adobe PS printer driver for your OS, using
the Distiller PPD that you unzipped when prompted.
* Set the PS printer to print to file.
* Open the FrameMaker document for which you want to create a PDF.
* Select File|Print.
* Create the *.prn or *.ps printfile.
* Open Adobe Distiller.
* Use File|Open to select he printfile you created.
* Using the default printer, Adobe Distiller creates the PDF.
Otherwise, I recommend you go to http://www.adobe.com, follow the links to
support, and log onto the Adobe-sponsored User to User forums.
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean Drouin [SMTP:jean_d -at- hotmail -dot- com]
>
> Is it possible to generate a .pdf file from FrameMaker 5.5 (Education
> version). I tried several times to do that but all I got was an empty .pdf
>
> file (0 bytes). I succeeded easily in creating a .prn file but nothing
> good
> beyond that point.
>
> What options or solutions should I try to eliminate the problem?