Pagemaker 7.0 to pdf

[vree]

on WinXp machine with Pagemaker 7.0 and Acrobat 5.0.

We have a doc set up in Pagemaker when printed will be a "brochure" ? (hope i can explain)
Page 1 a full page graphic....

when we export this doc to pdf, on Page 1 we only get half of the graphic on the left half of the page...

this occurs again on another page, where a graphic is included and then has text beside it to the right, we get the whole graphic to the left, but half of the text, seemingly in the right hand side, of the left column?

Is this a page layout issue in Pagemaker? It seems as if Acrobat is not interpreting things correctly, any clues appreciated.

 

[BionicJohn]

Hi, vree,

I'll assume you're on the Windows/Pc platform.

The usual reason for such things is choice of format for the graphic. When using PostScript mode, you can only use TIFF or EPS graphics.

I expect you're using WMF or Corel Draw...

See:
"Recommended Workflow for Creating PageMaker Publications"

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/2f0d6.htm

"4. Use the appropriate graphic format.
PageMaker supports many different graphic file formats. When you create graphics for a project, consider how you plan to print the publication. For example, if you plan to print colour separations of a publication, place EPS files, DCS files, or CMYK TIFF files only. PageMaker cannot print separations reliably of other color graphic formats. Because EPS graphics contain PostScript code that a non-PostScript printer cannot interpret, use graphics in another format, such as TIFF, if you print to a non-PostScript printer. (Non-PostScript printers print the screen preview of an EPS graphic. To get the best results when printing an EPS graphic, set graphics display to High Resolution in the General Preferences dialog box.)"

Where it says: "if you plan to print colour separations of a publication" it means PostScript printer as PCL mode won't do this.

Iechyd da! John
21:21 12/04/03 BST