PDF Marker Stalling in Leopard

[Ryan_Pyle@adobeforums.com]

Hello,

I've got Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.0 running on Mac Leopard 10.5.4.

I have to make a lot of PDF files out of word documents and excel documents (running Mac Office 2004) and each time I try to create a PDF the status bar runs through to about 90% and then stalls and sticks; leaving the process incomplete.

I've read that a lot of people running Adobe on Mac's, but I don't know of how to fix or solve the problem.

Any advice?

Thank you,

Ryan

[Michael Kazlow]

How are you creating the pdf files from their original source?

Mike

[Ryan_Pyle@adobeforums.com]

Mike,

Thanks for getting involved. I am trying to create the files from the menu bar shortcut in Word (Office 2004).

I've also tried to open Adobe Acrobat and "Create a PDF" from there as well, same conclusion.

Status bar runs 90% with no problems and then hangs.

Please let me know if there is any further information I can provide you with.

Thanks,

Ryan

[pjonesCET@adobeforums.com]

PDFMaker uses the following method and actions when creating a PDF thus the reason for taking so long especially when you have a machine with a slow processor:

Converts File To invisiable Postscript file (.ps)
does checksum to see if file viable (up to 3 times)
If does not check starts over. If can not by third time quits.
Converts .ps file to Pdf.
does checksum up to three times
If doesn't appear to be Viable starts over
If after 3 times doesn't have vaible file quits.
After File determined to be viable then erases invisiable .ps file.
Then creates PDF does checksum check to see if viable.
If everything okay then PDF appears at desired location
PDFMaker quits.

Also another Thing PDFMaker uses VBA and therefore does not work at all in Office2008 as there is no VBA in Office2008.

IF creating PDF's from within Office your better off going to Save As... and choosing save as PDF. Besides being much faster. eliminates the broken apart file when Office uses insert page break ot Insert Section Break.

They've eliminated the problem That has Plagued Acrobat since there was PDF used on Office products (word/Excel). Inserted breaks would cause Acrobat to start a new pdf at each break.

[Michael Kazlow]

If your file has no section breaks, you can try to print using the
AdobePDF printer instance. On the Mac there is no extra value to using
the Create PDF button within Word. On Windows it preserves links and
other properties. This isn't supported on the Mac.

....Mike

[Jon Bessant]

I don't have Office 2004 but in anycase, I thought the PDF Maker was
stopped with Acrobat 9. Since it doesn't have any real use on the Mac
have you just tried to print to the Adobe PDF 9.0 printer?

Jon

[pjonesCET@adobeforums.com]

OSX.4.11 PDFMaker is at best a very slow process

It goes through the following steps.

scan and check to see if document is okay, up to three tries.

Creates a Postscript File (.ps)

scan and check to see if document is okay, up to three tries.

sends .ps file to distiller.

distiller create Pdf file

scan and check to see if document is okay, up to three tries.

If at any point an occur occurs, will either try again , or not complete.

Only after all the checks will the PDF appear.

after PDF appears the Ps file created which is invisible is deleted.

If the PDF is not very important just go to print menu and choose save as PDF.

If its important and you need to do some other stuff to document then go to print menu. and choose Adobe PDF 7 (8, or 9) Print driver and follow steps there. Using this opens up new possibilities of items to select to get the exact PDF you need.

If You Have Office 2008 then you have one other possibility:

Go to Save As...

locate PDF from drop down menu.

This is MS version of PDFMaker but unlike the version Adobe installs it knows how to read MS Codes for section and Page Breaks and it is fast.