I'll Pay Pal someone $50 to take my Word document and create an identical .pdf

[OsO]

I need a Microsoft word file transferred into a .pdf file with same fonts, formatting, everything. I need the .pdf to look exactly like the original document.

The original Word document is 117 pages, 8.7MB, and was created on Microsoft Word 2008 on a MAC for compatibility with Microsoft Word 97 - 2004. It also has about 15 images. Inbox me if you're interested.

don't let me down coli

 

[PennyApollo]

I feel like there has to be a really simple solution but I'm too ambivalent to figure it out.

 

[ghostwriterx]

can't you save as pdf in word?

 

[Majestyx]

117 pages... dafuk

 

[Liu Kang]

I need a Microsoft word file transferred into a .pdf file with same fonts, formatting, everything. I need the .pdf to look exactly like the original document.

The original Word document is 117 pages, 8.7MB, and was created on Microsoft Word 2008 on a MAC for compatibility with Microsoft Word 97 - 2004. It also has about 15 images. Inbox me if you're interested.

don't let me down coli

You can't export to pdf in Word ?

 

[Majestyx]

You can't export to pdf in Word ?

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/convert-a-document-to-pdf-HA102850064.aspx

 

[Liu Kang]

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/convert-a-document-to-pdf-HA102850064.aspx

Yeah it was weird him not to being able to do so. He could also install a pdf printer like pdf creator. No need to give somebody 50 bucks for that

 

[OsO]

it was much more complicated than that... but i got it figured out, thank you for your concern gentlemen.

 

[Majestyx]

Yeah it was weird him not to being able to do so. He could also install a pdf printer like pdf creator. No need to give somebody 50 bucks for that

i wouldnt say 'no need' but it is something he could figure out. its like paying a mechanic to do an oil change. oil changes are easy as shyt, but mechanics will do it faster/more efficiently. i used to do prepress/design i coulda did that shyt faster and more efficiently for him.

 

[Liu Kang]

it was much more complicated than that... but i got it figured out, thank you for your concern gentlemen.

The PDF format generally exports your file as is and produce a printing-ready file. I may be wrong but I never witnessed the case of an exported pdf file being different than the native one.
PDF is the way I exchange files. I never send native files (.doc or .odt for example) because you never know how are the printing settings on the client comp, or how the software parameters are set etc. But I'm kinda curious about your issue. Why was it more complicated than that if it doesn't bother you telling ?

i wouldnt say 'no need' but it is something he could figure out. its like paying a mechanic to do an oil change. oil changes are easy as shyt, but mechanics will do it faster/more efficiently. i used to do prepress/design i coulda did that shyt faster and more efficiently for him.

I agree with the comparison but considering the price and what was asked, it would have been a robbery.
I remember once a buddy of mine paid 200 bucks for an IT guy to run an antivirus scan because it had a problem on his laptop. Dude saw easy-money because it was only a virus issue and basically robbed him. That's pure dishonesty...
But Leyet said the issue was more complicated so maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Majestyx]

I agree with the comparison but considering the price and what was asked, it would have been a robbery.
I remember once a buddy of mine paid 200 bucks for an IT guy to run an antivirus scan because it had a problem on his laptop. Dude saw easy-money because it was only a virus issue and basically robbed him. That's pure dishonesty...
But Leyet said the issue was more complicated so maybe I'm wrong.

95% of things we pay for we getting robbed but thats a completely different subject

 

[OsO]

The PDF format generally exports your file as is and produce a printing-ready file. I may be wrong but I never witnessed the case of an exported pdf file being different than the native one.
PDF is the way I exchange files. I never send native files (.doc or .odt for example) because you never know how are the printing settings on the client comp, or how the software parameters are set etc. But I'm kinda curious about your issue. Why was it more complicated than that if it doesn't bother you telling ?

long story short, it's a 117 page manuscript with a lot of custom page formatting, unique fonts, about 20 images that needed specific placement and to be at a certain resolution, and because it's a manuscript there were specific measurements i needed for the margins, the trim, and the page bleeds. plus there was an issue converting into the 5" x 8" format that i needed as opposed to the traditional 8.5" x 11".

 

[Liu Kang]

long story short, it's a 117 page manuscript with a lot of custom page formatting, unique fonts, about 20 images that needed specific placement and to be at a certain resolution, and because it's a manuscript there were specific measurements i needed for the margins, the trim, and the page bleeds. plus there was an issue converting into the 5" x 8" iformat that i needed as opposed to the traditional 8.5" x 11".

Ok I see. Still seem easy to do if the pdf printer is set correctly

 

[OsO]

Ok I see. Still seem easy to do if the pdf printer is set correctly

lol so why didn't you take on the project and make a quick $50?

 

[Liu Kang]

lol so why didn't you take on the project and make a quick $50?

I didn't see the thread
And I would have done it for free honestly... But challenge accepted, send me the links for me to try it. Just out of curiosity.