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USING ACROBAT 9 STANDARD
Creating PDFs
Creating PDFs with PDFMaker (Windows)
About Acrobat PDFMaker
PDFMaker is an Acrobat feature that operates within many business applications, such as Microsoft Office
applications, AutoCAD, and Lotus Notes. When you install Acrobat, PDFMaker controls appear in the work area of
the authoring application.
Note: Some PDFMaker features are not available in certain versions of the authoring applications. For a comparison
chart, see
Version Compatibility of Acrobat PDFMakers.
Using PDFMaker within an authoring application is a simple, one-click procedure. It involves clicking an Acrobat
PDFMaker toolbar button or choosing a command on the Adobe PDF menu. It is not necessary to open Acrobat.
Convert a file to PDF using PDFMaker
In Windows, Acrobat installs both an Acrobat PDFMaker toolbar and an Adobe PDF menu in many popular
authoring applications. You can use either the toolbar buttons or the Adobe PDF menu (the Action menu in Lotus
Notes) to create PDFs, but the menu also provides access to conversion settings. Although many of the conversion
options are common to all authoring applications, a few are application-specific.
For Microsoft Office 2007 applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, the options for creating PDFs
are available from the Acrobat ribbon.
Note: If you don't see the PDF toolbar buttons in an application, you must show or activate the PDF toolbar. For other
troubleshooting issues, see the TechNote
More Help topics
"Customize Adobe PDF
settings" on page 89
"Create PDFs from Word mail
Show or activate PDFMaker in Microsoft Office and Lotus Notes
If the PDF toolbar buttons don't appear in your Microsoft Office or Lotus Notes application, use one of the following
methods to show or activate PDFMaker.
For Lotus Notes 7 or earlier, choose File > Preferences > Toolbar Preferences, click Toolbars, and select the Visible
option for Acrobat PDFMaker 9.0.
For Lotus Notes 8 or later, choose File > Preferences. In the dialog box that appears, choose Toolbar > Toolbars, and
select the Visible option for Acrobat PDFMaker 9.0.
For Office 2003 or earlier, choose View > Toolbars > Acrobat PDFMaker 9.0.
For Office 2007, follow these steps:
1
Do one of the following:
• (Outlook) Choose Tools > Trust Center.
• (Other Office applications) Click the Office button, and then click the [Application] Options button, where
[Application] is the Office application name. For example, in Word, the button name is Word Options.
2
Click Add-Ins on the left side of the dialog box.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/333/333235.html.
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