If any Apple users have any experience with creating PDF files I’d love to hear from you.
I’ve tried creating them through Word vX and it does it fine but am having issues getting the PDF’s to pick up the hyperlinks as live links. All the other formatting seems to work out fine – it’s just the links that are not coming through.
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19 Responses to “Creating PDFs in OSX” - Add Yours
Rachel
January 28th, 2006 3:39 pm
Probably the same issue as using Word in Windows. Don’t print to PDF distiller, press the (red?) PDF button in your Word toolbar.
Pat Gundry
January 28th, 2006 4:31 pm
I create PDFs in MAC system X by choosing Print, then when the print dialog box opens choosing “save as PDF.” Works great. I use an Epson Stylus Photo R200 ink jet printer.
Grant Griffiths
January 28th, 2006 4:37 pm
Go to your print option and select the PDF tab. You can create the PDF there and save it where you want it. Very easy to do.
Darren Rowse
January 28th, 2006 4:42 pm
yeah I’ve been doing the that Pat and Grant but links are not being picked up. They ‘look’ like links (ie they are underlined) but they don’t actually function like them. Very strange.
Rachel
January 28th, 2006 5:19 pm
Darren, it’s the exact same problem with links in Windows. Did you try my suggestion?
Chris Meisenzahl
January 28th, 2006 5:23 pm
In OS X, can’t you just print to a PDF from pretty much any app?
vinu
January 28th, 2006 5:44 pm
I agree with Rachel! try doing that. it should work. printing to pdf from print treats it as a normal print out. while print to pdf from the tool bar – should take everything into consideration including internal crosslinks etc.
Paul Short
January 28th, 2006 8:09 pm
Well, if none of the other suggestions work, try out OpenOffice at http;//www.openoffice.org
It’s a complete open source office suite that spits out PDF’s with clickable links on Mac or PC’s
HostingDiary
January 28th, 2006 8:16 pm
Here’s a free olnine conversion tool
http://convert.neevia.com/
Andrew
Tecfolio
January 28th, 2006 11:58 pm
That’s not software, but I’m using Writely as my word processor. We even can save a document as PDF. I love it!
Ken
January 29th, 2006 7:10 am
I think links have to be done one by one using the full version (ie $$$) of Acrobat. That’s how I do it but would love an automatic way if there is one.
Rian
January 29th, 2006 8:59 am
Printing as a PDF always strips out links, no matter the app, IME. It doesn’t matter if you’re using OpenOffice.org, Word, or anything else. The only way I’ve been able to successfully make PDFs that contain the links is by using the method Rachel suggested.
Am I the only one wondering if the majority of commenters read the actual post and previous comments before they post, or what?
Darren Rowse
January 29th, 2006 9:43 am
thanks all – can’t get that red pdf button on my version of word for some reasons so I might try reinstalling it.
thanks again all
D
Darren Rowse
January 29th, 2006 10:38 am
I think I’ve worked out what the problem is.
The red PDF button is actually an add in from Adobe Acrobat – something I don’t actually have. Looks like I might need to grab a copy.
Amit Agarwal
January 29th, 2006 3:59 pm
Darren,
You can actually do without Acrobat to create PDF.
Just point your browser here – http://createpdf.adobe.com/
The Adobe PDF online printer can also be installed locally
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/08/install-adobe-pdf-online-service-as.html
HTH,
Amit
Justin
January 29th, 2006 4:51 pm
You should just get the full version of Adobe Acrobat…it’s worth it.
Troy
January 29th, 2006 5:13 pm
Based on http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/matrix.html, you will need either Acrobat Standard, or Acrobat Professional – I would think that standard would be fine?
Tomas
May 18th, 2006 11:21 pm
Another good free source to PDF converter at http://www.freepdfconvert.com
It can also convert back PDF to DOC.
maggie
August 22nd, 2006 11:31 am
pdf tools rich source:
http://www.sharewarecheap.com/business-finance-word-processing/pdf-export-kit5160-35.htm
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