I have W3.11, Word 6, FTP and Acrobat Reader Ver 3.0, and this works for me. If you have W95, just follow the general idea and you can do the same. Step 1. Make sure you have a Post Script printer installed. I don't know how you do this in W95, but for W3.1x, go to Control Panel | Printers | Add Find Post Script Printer and "Add" Note....You will need your original disks for this printer driver. Step 2. Start Word (and here thanks are due to Emil Joseph) Open the file you want to convert to PDF Go to File | Print In the dialogue box, cross ( X ) Print to file Go to Printer Set PostScript Printer as default printer Go to Options Mark "Encapsulated Post Script File" Give the file a name, no extension Go to Advanced Mark "Conform to Adobe Document Structuring Convention" OK OK Close OK a file with the extension .prn will be produced, lets call it cooktest.prn , so now Go to File manager find this file and rename it .ps (ie cooktest.ps) Now get onto the Internet and FTP to ftp.babinszki.com log in anonymously with the initial Host Directory as /pub/distiller/INBOX and upload your .ps file, Close, and in 5 minutes, FTP again anonymously to ftp.babinszki.com with initial directory /pub/distiller/OUT You will find you file there as cooktest.pdf, so download it. You are now the proud owner of a PDF file Some tips about logging onto ftp.babinszki.com Don't call your file test.ps, give it a distinctive name, even if it is a test. everyone else calls their files test.ps The site was readily accessible at 3pm on Monday afternoon, but impossible to get at 9 pm on Sunday night, so suggest consider the time zones for speedy service. http://www.babinszki.com/distiller/ gives plenty of further information on what gives. Before you upload, have a look at your .ps file in Notepad or similar to ensure it starts off as %!PS-Adobe-3.0 The URL above tells you to do this. As usual, now I know how to do it, I am not sure why I would want to do it :-) Owen ****************************************************** Coffee & Chat Page, inluding archives of past meetings http://www.pcug.org.au/~rcook/c&c.htm These Archives are now searchable. ******************************************************
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