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Subject:Re: Converting MSWord2000 document to PDF From:k k <turnleftatnowhere -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:rajper256 -at- hotmail -dot- com, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 7 Jan 2004 21:01:00 -0800 (PST)
If you can, install Adobe Acrobat 5.0.5 or 6. They
include a plugin that converts Word documents to PDF
and preserves the links. The plugin is displayed in
Word as a toolbar with an associated pull-down menu.
>
> To convert my MSWord2000 documents to PDF I print
> the document using
> Acrobat Distiller as my printer. However, I lose all
> links - TOC (to
> headings in the body), cross-references, hypertext
> links, links to
> bookmarks, etc.
>
> I'd appreciate any help/suggestion on how I may
> convert my MSWord2000
> documents to PDF and preserve the links.
>
