Structured Book imported to FM 8 fails to Distill to PDF w/ Acrobat 8

[Art Campbell]

Did you try turning Tagged PDF On?

Art

On 8/27/07, vallipow at aol.com <vallipow at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  Yes, I have the latest 8.1 version of Acrobat (Professional).
>
>  Tagged PDF is turned OFF.
>
>  Yes, I am printing to the PDF printer driver.
>
>  Yes, all of the component files in the book are open in FM 8 before
> attempting to distill the book.
>
>
>
> Val
>
>  Valerie Lipow
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>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com>
>  To: vallipow at aol.com
>  Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>  Sent: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 7:01 am
>  Subject: Re: Structured Book imported to FM 8 fails to Distill to PDF w/
> Acrobat 8
>
>
>  A couple ideas for you to kick around:
>
>
>
> First, there is a patch release for Acrobat out, from 8 to 8.1... may
>
> want to check the status of that.
>
>
>
> Second, are you getting any log files from the distiller process that
>
> may contain error information.
>
>
>
> Third, check to make sure that the Acrobat distiller is your default
> printer.
>
>
>
> Are you opening all the component chapter files before distiling?
>
>
>
> There have been a couple threads on other lists that mention turning
>
> On the Create Tagged PDF option seems to improve things....
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Art
>
>
>
> On 8/24/07, Valerie Lipow <vallipow at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > The book was created using the FM-Dita Book map, with FM-DITA Topic files.
>
> > The book distilled without incident using FM 7.2 files and the Adobe
> Acrobat
>
> > 8 Distiller. Now, the book does not distill, and no group of files will
>
> > distill into PDF.
>
> >
>
> > In case the problem had something to do with distilling the book, which
> was
>
> > created and has been successfully maintained for six months in FM 7.2, in
> FM
>
> > 8, I created a new book in FM 8 and added the files to it. I have been
>
> > editing the files in FM 8 for two weeks without problems.
>
> >
>
> > In trying different was to skin this cat, I've noticed that I can distill
>
> > all of the 19 files contained in the book individually. This includes the
>
> > generated files (TOC and Index); the Acrobat data (bookmarks,
>
> > cross-references, etc.) also generates into the PDF files successfully.
> But
>
> > each time I try to distill the book or any two or more files together,
> with
>
> > or without the Acrobat Data, Distiller flushes the job.
>
> >
>
> > In the past (FM 6 days), whenever I had this kind of problem, I could
> narrow
>
> > down the offending file by distilling different documents until I found
> the
>
> > snag, and then recreate the corrupted file to eliminate whatever was
> causing
>
> > Acrobat Distiller to choke.
>
> >
>
> > This time nothing I've tried seems to work, and the fact that I can
> distill
>
> > every file individually makes me think that the problem has something to
> do
>
> > with trying to distill multiple documents in one job. When I try ro
> distill
>
> > different sets of documents, all of the log files from Distiller looks
>
> > unlike any other.
>
> >
>
> > I haven't contacted Adobe Tech Support yet, in case there is something I
>
> > should try that I haven't.
>
> >
>
> > I'd be grateful for any suggestions, up to and including reinstalling the
>
> > software (Acrobat or Frame), which I haven't done yet, if it seems like
>
> > something that could help.
>
> >
>
> > Thanks in advance,
>
> >
>
> > Val
>
> >
>
> > --
>
> > Valerie Lipow
>
> > vallipow at gmail.com
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Art Campbell                                             art.campbell at gmail.com
  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
               and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
                             No disclaimers apply.
                                     DoD 358