Print to PDF Driver that embeds fonts for MS Word

[David Kunkel]

I have customers using Microsoft Word and Publisher.

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One of the members posted a loop hole with instructions and a video of how to convert to outlines in Acrobat using transparent watermark which I found helpful before placing in illustrator as a band aid fix.
How to convert fonts to outlines
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Wow!

I extract content from PDFs all the time but have always been stymied by missing fonts. This is a lifesaver!

...But in Acrobat Pro 9 it seems the watermark step is no longer necessary.

[zoran]

I don't know what you are referring to, but this plugin has been a part of the standard installation with Office 2007 SP1 and later. It must not have been ready for the original release, so they shipped it separately. It is also included with Office 2010 as well.

You are probably correct now Leonard, I just remember at the time it was an issue as evident from numerous news sites and blogs like this one:
Microsoft delivers 'Save as PDF' add-on - CNET News
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Export and Save Word or Excel Documents as Acrobat PDF or XPS Files Directly from Microsoft Office 2007 with Add-in » My Digital Life

Microsoft has released a free download that will enable Office 2007 users to save documents in both Adobe Systems' PDF format and Microsoft's own rival format, XPS.
The add-on works with the different planned versions of Office 2007, which is now in beta testing and expected to be made generally available by the end of the year.
According to the release notes of the download, people can save a document or send an e-mail attachment in PDF or XPS format.
Both formats are designed to keep layout consistent for viewing and printing.
The Save as PDF feature, announced last October, prompted Adobe to threaten to file an antitrust complaint against Microsoft in June.
In response, Microsoft changed its plans and decided to offer the feature as a separate download rather than have it included within Office 2007.
Microsoft executives have said that Save as PDF was one of the features most requested by its Office customers.


Read more: Microsoft delivers 'Save as PDF' add-on - CNET News

[David Kunkel]

You are probably correct now Leonard, I just remember at the time it was an issue as evident from numerous news sites and blogs like this one:
Microsoft delivers 'Save as PDF' add-on - CNET News
or
Export and Save Word or Excel Documents as Acrobat PDF or XPS Files Directly from Microsoft Office 2007 with Add-in � My Digital Life

FYI, I've had mixed results with this plug-in. When the PowerPoint has embedded Excel charts and other effects, sometimes I have to Save As PDF and also Print to a PDF driver, open both the resulting PDFs in Illustrator, and reassemble my image from parts. Each one may fail to render different parts of the image and save them as bitmaps instead.

details on request.

[HassanShareef]

I have used the product from fineprint called pdffactory. It is the only one I found to do the job. It worked for me when dealing with Arabic fonts in word.

It never failed and I was able to refine them in prinergy for prepress production.

[yanger]

Do note, when using a "Printer Driver" style document to PDF process, make sure you change "Use Device Fonts" to "Embed Fonts" in the Advanced Options so it may embed the non-copyrighted fonts. Usually by default it will be not embeded. This seems to be an issue primarily for Windows machines.