Donna, It is possible to convert PDF to Word, but the results are seldom perfect. One place you might try is the free site www.zamzar.com This might be the best choice. If you don't like the results, see if any of your friends use Word97. Bill Buchanan On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Donna Autrey <autrey@c-zone.net> wrote: > Bill, > I cannot do this because I need to edit my Anfantel Book it has 198 pages > and I need it to open so I can view and edit. (Print to File) > Is there a way around this. > Donna > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Buchanan" <genealogistbuchanan@gmail.com> > To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:17 PM > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Help on importing Photos in Anfantel Book into Word. > rtf > > > > Donna, > > > > I have no problem doing this but then I use Word97, which was the version > > of > > Word that was current when the Windows version of PAF was created. A > > friend > > with a recent version of MS Office got so frustrated with his computer > > that > > he brought a copy of his PAF database and photos to my house, where the > > job > > was quickly accomplished. > > > > If you bring your data and photos to a FHC or a friend's house you may > > have > > more success. > > > > Hmm... I thought maybe associating .RTF files with the free OpenOffice > > would > > cause the book to open in that word processor, but it still opened in > > Word97. > > > > Then I tried my brand new laptop, that has OpenOffice instead of MS > > Office97. The Preview loked fine, but the RTF version was missing the > > photos. So I changed the default printer to one of the free PDF writers > > ("PDF Creator"), and removed the checkmark from "Print to File", and had > a > > perfect result! So I suggest that you install PDF Creator and set it as > > your > > default printer, and print to it. See if that will give the results you > > need. > > > > > > Bill Buchanan > > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Donna Autrey <autrey@c-zone.net> wrote: > > > >> I am wanting to print a Ahnentafel Ancestry Book with my Photos attached > >> only the photos are not there when I open this Ahnentafel Book. > >> It shows them when I preview this Book. > >> > >> What am I doing wrong. I want to print this out and make it for my > >> family. > >> > >> Help and Advice please. > >> Donna > >> autrey@c-zone.net > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Bill Buchanan website: http://billbuchanan.byethost17.com blog: http://billbuchanan.blogspot.com

I have word97 on a disk I could install. if that would be OK. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Buchanan" <genealogistbuchanan@gmail.com> To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] (Bill I cannot do this) Help on importing Photos in Anfantel Book into Word. rtf > Donna, > > It is possible to convert PDF to Word, but the results are seldom perfect. > One place you might try is the free site www.zamzar.com > > This might be the best choice. If you don't like the results, see if any > of > your friends use Word97. > > > Bill Buchanan > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Donna Autrey <autrey@c-zone.net> wrote: > >> Bill, >> I cannot do this because I need to edit my Anfantel Book it has 198 pages >> and I need it to open so I can view and edit. (Print to File) >> Is there a way around this. >> Donna >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bill Buchanan" <genealogistbuchanan@gmail.com> >> To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:17 PM >> Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Help on importing Photos in Anfantel Book into Word. >> rtf >> >> >> > Donna, >> > >> > I have no problem doing this but then I use Word97, which was the >> > version >> > of >> > Word that was current when the Windows version of PAF was created. A >> > friend >> > with a recent version of MS Office got so frustrated with his computer >> > that >> > he brought a copy of his PAF database and photos to my house, where the >> > job >> > was quickly accomplished. >> > >> > If you bring your data and photos to a FHC or a friend's house you may >> > have >> > more success. >> > >> > Hmm... I thought maybe associating .RTF files with the free OpenOffice >> > would >> > cause the book to open in that word processor, but it still opened in >> > Word97. >> > >> > Then I tried my brand new laptop, that has OpenOffice instead of MS >> > Office97. The Preview loked fine, but the RTF version was missing the >> > photos. So I changed the default printer to one of the free PDF writers >> > ("PDF Creator"), and removed the checkmark from "Print to File", and >> > had >> a >> > perfect result! So I suggest that you install PDF Creator and set it as >> > your >> > default printer, and print to it. See if that will give the results you >> > need. >> > >> > >> > Bill Buchanan >> > >> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Donna Autrey <autrey@c-zone.net> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> I am wanting to print a Ahnentafel Ancestry Book with my Photos >> >> attached >> >> only the photos are not there when I open this Ahnentafel Book. >> >> It shows them when I preview this Book. >> >> >> >> What am I doing wrong. I want to print this out and make it for my >> >> family. >> >> >> >> Help and Advice please. >> >> Donna >> >> autrey@c-zone.net >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> > the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > > Bill Buchanan > website: http://billbuchanan.byethost17.com > blog: http://billbuchanan.blogspot.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message