Donna, Do you have an old computer you could install it on? I don't like the idea of messing with an existing install of MS Office. Bill Buchanan On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Donna Autrey <autrey@c-zone.net> wrote: > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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