"Betty Stokes" <jstokes@houston.rr.com> wrote: >Neither of the files I was printing to PDF were images, just text, but >I was not aware that both WordPerfect AND Microsoft Word would print >to a PDF file. If you have a PDF printer driver installed on your computer then it is quite likely that MSWord will notice that and provide a printer option in its own menu that will use that PDF writer. Such is the case on my own computer. But the PDF writer is not a part of and doesn't come with MSWord. I would guess it's probably the same with Word Perfect. Wayne League

Actually, you are right about Word, but wrong about WordPerfect. WordPerfect 9 does include the ability to create a basic PDF file. word only provides that option if you have Acrobat (or at least PDF Writer) installed. Wayne League wrote: > > "Betty Stokes" <jstokes@houston.rr.com> wrote: > > >Neither of the files I was printing to PDF were images, just text, but > >I was not aware that both WordPerfect AND Microsoft Word would print > >to a PDF file. > > If you have a PDF printer driver installed on your computer then it is > quite likely that MSWord will notice that and provide a printer option > in its own menu that will use that PDF writer. Such is the case on my > own computer. But the PDF writer is not a part of and doesn't come > with MSWord. > I would guess it's probably the same with Word Perfect. > > Wayne League > -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

Thats true. I have Word 97 and have the option to print to PDF, but I have the PDF print driver from the Adobe PhotoDeluxe (ver 3.0) that came with my digital camera. You can purchase this program for about $50 (much cheaper than the price of the full Adobe program <G>). I use this option directly from FO for books that I want to send to others. It then has all the photos, formating, etc that a printed version would have. Keith Thompson Wayne League wrote: > > "Betty Stokes" <jstokes@houston.rr.com> wrote: > > >Neither of the files I was printing to PDF were images, just text, but > >I was not aware that both WordPerfect AND Microsoft Word would print > >to a PDF file. > > If you have a PDF printer driver installed on your computer then it is > quite likely that MSWord will notice that and provide a printer option > in its own menu that will use that PDF writer. Such is the case on my > own computer. But the PDF writer is not a part of and doesn't come > with MSWord. > I would guess it's probably the same with Word Perfect. > > Wayne League > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > Family Origins GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/fo/ > Tech Support Knowledge Base http://www.familyorigins.com/support/ > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB -- Keith Thompson, Worthington, OH Home Web Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/ Genealogy Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kthompson Efax # (419) 818-1912 JFax & Voicemail (530) 484-3831

I was wondering if WordPerfect and Microsoft Word were picking up on the fact that I had that driver installed as it was a surprise to me that the capability to print to PDF was there. Anyway, they both produced PDF files from the programs. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne League" <wleague@mindspring.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 1:06 AM Subject: Re: [FO] PDF files > "Betty Stokes" <jstokes@houston.rr.com> wrote: > > >Neither of the files I was printing to PDF were images, just text, but > >I was not aware that both WordPerfect AND Microsoft Word would print > >to a PDF file. > > If you have a PDF printer driver installed on your computer then it is > quite likely that MSWord will notice that and provide a printer option > in its own menu that will use that PDF writer. Such is the case on my > own computer. But the PDF writer is not a part of and doesn't come > with MSWord. > I would guess it's probably the same with Word Perfect. > > Wayne League > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > Family Origins GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/fo/ > Tech Support Knowledge Base http://www.familyorigins.com/support/ > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >