As best I can recall, I did nothing special when I upgraded from Acrobat 4.05 to 5.0. The net result of the install / upgrade was to have two separate printer drivers available to Windows, "Acrobat Distiller" and "Acrobat PDFWriter" (just as it had been under Acrobat 4.x).
I almost always use the PDF Writer as it's easier to direct my output location. I only use Distiller if the PDF Writer's result is not as good as I want.
Perhaps you should un-install and start over again with 5.0.
Alan
At 21:29 01/30/2002 -0500, you wrote:
Alan,
When you installed it, did it create a printer driver that allowed you to choose between the writer and the distiller?
Sure would like to know.
Phil
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- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Steward
- Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 8:48 PM
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- Subject: RE: Adobe writer
- Phil,
- I use Adobe 5.0 (upgraded from 4.0) and have no problem whatsoever in choosing either PDF Writer or Distiller for creating PDF files.
- Alan Steward
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- At 19:57 01/30/2002 -0500, you wrote:
- My two cents.
- I use Adobe writer a great deal. I have Adobe Writer 4.0 at the consulting site and Adobe Writer 5.0 on my laptop. I am de-installing 5.0 from my laptop and re-installing my 4.0 license. Here are the resons why:
- 1. 5.0 has an enormous amount of overhead when it launces and runs. The processing time is more than double.
- 2. 5.0 does not have the ability to print to the PDF writer instead it sends you to the distiller. With 4.0 you can choose the writer without the distiller.
- I know that it has more whistles and bells but when you are just trying to create a report to send to customers, or ftp it to a website, 4.0 is much faster.
- These are my personal observations that I wanted to share with the list group.
- Phil Nolette
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