Emmy, Why don't you just use the distiller that comes with FM? It's on the Frame CD. What happened to the copy of Acrobat you were using? If you still have it, why not keep on using it?
I have a few thoughts about your penny-wise, pound-foolish purchasing department, but I don't think most of them are appropriate to state on a professional list like this. Instead, I suggest that you get your manager involved and then your group Director and/or VP. They can tell purchasing to buy what you need to do your job. You are not an Admin or in Accounting or some department where all they do is write letters and little reports. Frame and Acrobat are mandatory to do your job adequately. You need Acrobat for lots of things besides distilling to PDF. Reducing file size, checking links, fixing broken links (on a temp basis of course), possibly cropping and/or rotating pages, combining PDF files, converting web pages to PDF, and a bunch of other things that even older versions of Acrobat can do. Can this PDF converter do those things? I'd bet not. What file formats does PDF converter convert to PDF? Does it accept .PS files? If so, then your could print to postscript and convert those files to PDF. Does it accept XML files? Then save FM as XML and convert. However before even bothering to do that, find out if PDF converter will convert the links in the FM files to links in PDF. I'm talking about the TOC, Index, Xrefs, etc. If not, it cannot do what you need. I would not expect to find any information on PDF converter on the Adobe website. Go to the Nuance website and see if you can find specs on PDF Converter? If they don't list any files that Frame can create (not necessarily .fm files, but and files Frame can create, download the page from the website and give it to whoever in your purchasing dept gave you the wrong information. Just my 2c worth. Diane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of Emmy A. Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 3:14 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: How to make a PDF from a Frame book using PDF Converter by Nuance Hello Everyone, Once again I am writing for assistance. We have been using Frame (currently 7.x on Windows XP) for more than 12 years but now we are faced with a problem for which we can't find the answer. Our purchasing department will no longer allow us to buy Acrobat. They purchased an enterprise license for PDF Converter, which is made by Nuance, and they expect us to use it. No, they did not investigate the needs of the technical writers before making this decision. They assumed that everyone at the company uses Microsoft Word. The purchasing people also told me that Adobe told them that PDF Converter does work with Frame. This is what I am trying to confirm. When I open PDF Converter, it is not able to find the .fm files. So how can it work with Frame? Who can I contact at Adobe that can confirm the above statement? Regards, Emmy Aricioglu ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as dgcaller at earthlink.net. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dgcaller%40earthlink.net Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
