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Subject:Re: RoboHelp X5 problem with 1Step PDF From:"Pro TechWriter" <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com> Date:Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:09:09 -0400
Oh GOOD Grief!
Thanks for the update, Craig. That would appear to be why -- I have Acrobat
7. Now at least I know why, anyway.
--PT
On 7/11/07, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com> wrote:
>
> There seems to be a dearth of information on this subject. Perhaps it
> isn't being collected and disseminated very well.
>
>
>
> From what I can gather, RoboHelp does not play well with Acrobat. Ya gotta
> laugh at that one.
>
>
>
> If you install X5 and you have Acrobat 7, you don't get One-Step PDF and
> you're not told and never given any options. I sure wasn't
>
>
>
> If you install 6 and you have Acrobat 8 (or whatnot), you don't get Adobe
> Elements. If you get Elements, you can produce PDF directly. If not, then
> you must go through Word first, then convert Word into PDF. What a freaking
> pain.
>
>
>
> That is how I understand these things at this moment.
>
>
>
> Craig
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Pro TechWriter [mailto:pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:39 PM
> *To:* Cardimon, Craig
> *Cc:* Techwr-l
> *Subject:* Re: RoboHelp X5 problem with 1Step PDF
>
>
>
> Well, no solution here, but I do have the same problem.
>
>
>
> I really thought that One-Step PDF was no longer bundled with RoboHelp X5.
> I've got Adobe Acrobat 7, so I didn't worry about it much, but I am curious
> about the answer....
>
>
>
> --PT
>
>
>
> On 7/11/07, *Cardimon, Craig* <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Maybe one of you kind folks can point me in the right direction.
>
>
>
> When I installed RoboHelp X5, 1-Step PDF never installed. At least, I
> don't think it did.
>
> I tried re-installing, un-installing, and standing on my head. Nothing
> worked.
>
> I was informed 1-Step PDF was ALREADY installed, which it wasn't,
> because it never functioned, and I could never use it, nor could I
> remove it.
>
> Any help would be appreciated, because I will be trying to install the
> RoboHelp 6 upgrade one of these days, and I believe 1-Step needs to be
> removed.
>
>
>
> Any help - or a Fedexed martini -- would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Craig
>
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