Can PPT be converted to PDF within one lifetime?

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Talon

I have tried to do this but it takes forever and I only end up with
one frame converted. I guess I'm doing it wrong so can someone give a
tutorial or step by step for PPT 2003? I am using Acrobat 5 and PPT
2003. It just shouldn't be this hard to do.
TIA for help.

Talon
 
Try here:
New: PowerPoint to PDF Conversion Tool
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00312.htm

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I have tried to do this but it takes forever and I only end up with
one frame converted. I guess I'm doing it wrong so can someone give a
tutorial or step by step for PPT 2003? I am using Acrobat 5 and PPT
2003. It just shouldn't be this hard to do.
TIA for help.

Talon
 
I have tried to do this but it takes forever and I only end up with
one frame converted.
Click to expand...

What's "this"? What exactly have you tried?

If you're using PDFMaker (the buttons and/or menu items installed in PPT by
Acrobat, I wouldn't. The version from Acrobat 5 doesn't support PowerPoint
2003 too well.

Start like so:

Open your presentation in PPT
Choose File, Print
Select Acrobat Distiller as the printer driver
Do NOT put a checkmark next to "Print To File"
Choose any other print options you want and click OK.

What happens when you do that?
 
Steve,
I have tried the buttons as you first mentioned and that got me
nowhere. I then read your message and tried it your way. What I got
was a sound and a message that there was an eror in distiller and it
could not print.
Should I upgrade to Acrobat 6? Is that the answer? Does 6 handle
things better?

Thanks for your help.

Talon
 
Steve,
I have tried the buttons as you first mentioned and that got me
nowhere. I then read your message and tried it your way. What I got
was a sound and a message that there was an eror in distiller and it
could not print.
Should I upgrade to Acrobat 6? Is that the answer? Does 6 handle
things better?
Click to expand...

It might, but Acrobat 5 also works well as a rule. There's probably something
else preventing it from working. Let's check this:

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up Task Manager.
Look at the Processes tab (not applications)
Look for a process named Acrotray.exe
If it's not on the list, that's likely the problem.

Acrobat installs Acrotray as a startup task in Windows. Some people intensely
dislike apps that do this and deliberately remove stuff from the startup
sequence. I'm one. In this case, it breaks Acrobat. Been there. Broke that.
;-)
 
Steve,
You are right. No Acrotray.exe. Now what? Reinstall Acrobat?

Thanks for you help,

Talon
 
You are right. No Acrotray.exe. Now what? Reinstall Acrobat?

I did the same thing Steve did, for the same reason. :-|

Search your system for acrotray.exe. In my new XP system, it's at
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Distillr\AcroTray.exe" I suppose if you
have Acro 6 it's nearby this location. If you find it, right click it and
create a shortcut to it on the desktop.

Next copy/paste or drag that shortcut into the Startup folder. Double-click
acrotray.exe or restart, and all is well again. Hopefully.

-John O
 
John and Steve,
You are both excellent at you work. It is working just fine now. I am
sure I removed the start up file since I too am one that doesn't like
stuff starting unless it is necessary. I appreciate all the effort and
time you have used to help me.
Thanks again,

Talon
 
Thanks again,

You're welcome. Making MS and Adobe stuff co-exist happily has been a long
journey.

Now if you could just tell me where My Documents *really* is on this Win XP
system...dang virtual folders. ;-) Just kidding, I'll find it...eventually.

-John O
 
Steve,
You are right. No Acrotray.exe. Now what? Reinstall Acrobat?

Thanks for you help,
Click to expand...

See JohnO's post ... what he said.

If that doesn't work, then I'd go ahead and reinstall Acrobat. Just be sure you
install to the same location as before and it should set everything up again.
 
Now if you could just tell me where My Documents *really* is on this Win XP
system...dang virtual folders. ;-) Just kidding, I'll find it...eventually.
Click to expand...

I owe ya one:

Rightclick MyDocuments, click Properties.
Click Find Target to open it in Exploder.
 
Rightclick MyDocuments, click Properties.
Click Find Target to open it in Exploder.
Click to expand...

Ahh, perfect. It's now located someplace useful AND accessible. Thanks,
Steve.

-John O
 
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