Disappearing text using Save As to PDF

[Jessica.Nealon at handheld.com]

Thank you, Schlomo,

I normally do print to .ps and distill using the watched folders feature. 
However, working on new development projects, I am constantly being asked 
for drafts of books other than the ones I am working on. Also, I often 
have to publish specific page ranges. When it was working, the Save As 
feature was a nice, quick shortcut. 

I did get the Save As to work by deselecting the Generate Tagged PDF and 
using the High Quality Print job option. The Press Quality job option 
still erased text--both inside and outside of tables--even with tagged PDF 
deselected. 

So odd.

Jessica Nealon
Technical Writer




Shlomo Perets <shlomo2 at microtype.com> 
10/15/2006 10:39 AM

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Re: Disappearing text using Save As to PDF






Jessica,

You wrote:

 > ... When I use Save As to PDF my books, whole chunks of text disappear 
in the
 > PDF file. It appears to be totally random. For instance, one table will
 > have several blank rows blank followed by competed rows.  ...

Turn off "Generate Tagged PDF", which may cause some text to be invisible, 

in conjunction with "Save as PDF"
(see http://www.microtype.com/FM_bugs.html#FM71 for a link to a sample 
file 
demonstrating this problem).

Better yet, avoid using "Save as PDF" -- instead, print to a .ps file and 
distill.

If the problem persists, additional items to check are the PS driver 
resolution and (less likely) the fonts being used.


Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
Training, consulting & add-ons: FrameMaker, Structured FM and Acrobat