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I have a brochure in pdf,
I want to send one page of it to a potential client.call me thick, but it's been a long day. How?
I want to send one page of it to a potential client.call me thick, but it's been a long day. How?
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Hi Helen,
I have the full version of Adobe Acrobat Standard (ie the software that allows you to create PDF files), and to print individual pages I just press File.. Print.. and then I can either print the entire document, or a selected range of pages.
Do you have Acrobat, or just Acrobat Viewer? I don't know whether Acrobat viewer has this functionality. If you don't have the full version, and the viewer doesn't allow you to print individual pages, you could email me the document and I could run it through on my PC and split it into its individual pages for you...
I have the full version of Adobe Acrobat Standard (ie the software that allows you to create PDF files), and to print individual pages I just press File.. Print.. and then I can either print the entire document, or a selected range of pages.
Do you have Acrobat, or just Acrobat Viewer? I don't know whether Acrobat viewer has this functionality. If you don't have the full version, and the viewer doesn't allow you to print individual pages, you could email me the document and I could run it through on my PC and split it into its individual pages for you...
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Also on that Print Dialog near the bottom is a checkbox which says "Print to File". That works and does something, but does anyone know what type of file is produced ? I tried it, produced a big file, but I'm blowed if I know how to read it.Alan Knighting wrote:..Open the PDF file in Acrobat Reader, click on “File� and then on “Print�. The print options include “Range� which enables you to print whichever page or pages you prefer...
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"Print to File" produces a device-dependent PostScript file of whatever name you prefer - no good at all for answering Helen's present question.
PostScript files are very very detailed in their nature as they contain all the file instructions as well as the content. By and large, they require PostScript enabled software and printers and require "drivers" to work at all.
Fluffy
PostScript files are very very detailed in their nature as they contain all the file instructions as well as the content. By and large, they require PostScript enabled software and printers and require "drivers" to work at all.
Fluffy
Linux has a nice little command called "ps2pdf" that can translate postscript files to pdf files. So I can take anything whatsoever that I'm viewing in Linux and print it to a postscript file (which I believe is basically an ascii form of drawing an image), and then convert it to pdf.
Doing this in Windows, though, is no fun whatsoever unless you purchase the full version of Adobe Acrobat. Linux does it so easily -- it's beyond me why it has to be so hard in Windows!
Alan, when I try to print to file in Windows I am only ever given the option of a "*.prn file," -- which seems to be an utterly useless filetype. Or is this just another way of saying it's a postscript file?
Doing this in Windows, though, is no fun whatsoever unless you purchase the full version of Adobe Acrobat. Linux does it so easily -- it's beyond me why it has to be so hard in Windows!
Alan, when I try to print to file in Windows I am only ever given the option of a "*.prn file," -- which seems to be an utterly useless filetype. Or is this just another way of saying it's a postscript file?
Brooke
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Brooke,
I have a background in Unix and you are currently using Linux which means we are understanding dialects of the same language.
You and I may know what we are talking about (even that may be open to question) but why would a respectable self-catering property owner want to get involved in all of this cr*p?
Fluffy
I have a background in Unix and you are currently using Linux which means we are understanding dialects of the same language.
Yes, PostScript is saved in ascii format, that's why it's so verbose, but why should anyone need to know that?Linux has a nice little command called "ps2pdf" that can translate postscript files to pdf files. So I can take anything whatsoever that I'm viewing in Linux and print it to a postscript file (which I believe is basically an ascii form of drawing an image), and then convert it to pdf.
It’s because Windows is proprietary even though MS wants everybody to believe in the opposite.Doing this in Windows, though, is no fun whatsoever unless you purchase the full version of Adobe Acrobat. Linux does it so easily -- it's beyond me why it has to be so hard in Windows!
It’s a bit of both but it’s only a PostScript file at the end of the day.Alan, when I try to print to file in Windows I am only ever given the option of a "*.prn file," -- which seems to be an utterly useless filetype. Or is this just another way of saying it's a postscript file?
You and I may know what we are talking about (even that may be open to question) but why would a respectable self-catering property owner want to get involved in all of this cr*p?
Fluffy
You may want to check out CutePDF. Its a FREE Windows program that will create PDF files.
Digging deeper, CutePDF also requires ps2pdf to be installed (the download page at the above address explains it all). Then when everything is installed, you simply get CutePDF added to your list of available printers which you can use from any program (even Word!). Simply put, create your document, File/Print... and select the CutePDF printer and hey presto, you get a PDF file. For free.
I'm sure there are some limitations in this product, but for simple documents with Pictures I've not found it wanting yet.
And back to the original question in this thread. You can even use CutePDF to print the first or any selected pages of an existing PDF. As I said above, I don't know what the limitations are, but it works for me with most simple docs.
Digging deeper, CutePDF also requires ps2pdf to be installed (the download page at the above address explains it all). Then when everything is installed, you simply get CutePDF added to your list of available printers which you can use from any program (even Word!). Simply put, create your document, File/Print... and select the CutePDF printer and hey presto, you get a PDF file. For free.
I'm sure there are some limitations in this product, but for simple documents with Pictures I've not found it wanting yet.
And back to the original question in this thread. You can even use CutePDF to print the first or any selected pages of an existing PDF. As I said above, I don't know what the limitations are, but it works for me with most simple docs.
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