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Hornby Arbutus
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How to keep Word formatting in finished pdf

Nov 5, 2009 6:29 PM

I have some check boxes on a summary sheet in Word - they are symbols I inserted on a number of lines so people can "tick" off an item they have completed. When I convert to pdf to post the document on my webpage, the little boxes disappear...any clues as to how I can keep them in the document? I need to figure this out in the next week, so any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks to all.

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  • Brent_2310242
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    1. Brent_2310242,
    Nov 6, 2009 7:06 AM   in reply to Hornby Arbutus
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    This isn't quite the right forum for your query, Hornby, but in the interest of good karma, here's my answer:  It works for me.

    1. I used Word 2003 to Insert > Symbol > WHITE SQUARE.
    2. Saved and closed the file "do this.doc"
    3. I used Acrobat 8 Pro to File > Create PDF > From File... to convert "do this.doc"
    4. After conversion, saved as "do this.pdf".

    Files attached.  ("do this.doc" is renamed to "do this.doc2" due to forum restrictions on attachments)

     

    Cheers,

     

    - Brent

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    2. Brent_2310242,
    Nov 6, 2009 7:22 AM   in reply to Brent_2310242
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    Trouble posting DOC attachment in original posting.

    (I'm guessing the forum filter is content based not just extension based)

    Sample file "do this.doc" zipped up into "do this_msword.zip".

    Last try, hope this works...

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    3. Hornby Arbutus,
    Nov 6, 2009 5:36 PM   in reply to Brent_2310242
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    Thank you, I will give it a try.

     
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