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When creating Adobe PDF Documents

1.  Use the same computer where the document was created.

2.  Use the Adobe Distiller (version 4.05 or later) and NOT the PDFWriter

3.  Avoid nonstandard fonts.  Use type 1 or true type fonts.  Note:  DO NOT USE Bitmap fonts which look blurry when viewed on the screen.

4. Embed all Fonts (see below) -Not Embedding Fonts Causes Most Conversion Problems

Microsoft Word - How to Embed Fonts

GO TO THE TOOLS MENU AND CHOOSE OPTIONS

GO TO THE SAVE TAB AND CHECK EMBED FONTS

 

GO TO THE FILE/PRINT MENU AND SEND FONTS TO ADOBE PDF PRINTER

GO TO THE PREFERENCES MENU

Adobe Acrobat Conversion - How to Embed Fonts

(You may need to do the following once before using Word.)

GO TO THE TOOLS MENU IN ADOBE ACROBAT AND CHOOSE DISTILLER

GO TO THE SETTINGS MENU AND CHOOSE JOB OPTIONS

GO TO THE FONTS MENU AND CHECK EMBED ALL FONTS

MathType Documents - How to Embed Fonts

You must either activate the PostScript fonts before creating your equations, or update your equations afterward.  MathType will default to its own fonts if both versions are available. Click here for more. 

WordPerfect - How to Embed Fonts

Font licensing restrictions in older WordPerfect versions prevent users from embedding WordPerfect math fonts.  You must specify that the print driver for Adobe Distiller send the fonts as outlines.

WordPerfect 9 has a Publish to PDF function that embeds WordPerfect fonts.  Although there are problems with the initial Publish to PDF version, recent service packs provide corrections.

More Information

For More Information from Microsoft Click Here.


For More Information from Adobe Click Here.

Last updated on Wednesday, September 29, 2004. ©2001 University of Florida