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Unable to convert an XML-based site to a PDF using Adobe Acrobat Pro 9

Apr 24, 2012 12:25 PM

Categories: Windows Tags: #help #pdf #xml #convert #adobe_acrobat_9_pro #sitemap #create_acrobat_pdf

I am currently trying to save a PDF of this sitemap: http://ubyssey.ca/sitemapindex.xml. When I go to Create > "PDF from Website" in Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 it is unable to crawl the sitemap and I get the message "Error: Nothing Done. Unknown Format." Is it possible to convert an XML page to a PDF? I have tried using Adobe Acrobate Pro X as well and have recieved the same message.

 

Thanks for the help!

822 Views   9 Replies   Latest reply: amsarchives, Jun 21, 2012 12:09 PM
 
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  • Bernd Alheit
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    1. Bernd Alheit,
    Apr 24, 2012 1:41 PM   in reply to amsarchives
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    Open the website in a browser and print to Adobe PDF.

     
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    2. amsarchives,
    Apr 27, 2012 10:21 AM   in reply to Bernd Alheit
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    Thanks very much for the suggestion, Bernd. We are actually looking to capture the entire website (all links on the page) as one PDF by using the sitemap. Do you have any ideas as to how to do this? Thanks very much again for your help.   

     
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  • CtDave
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    3. CtDave,
    Apr 27, 2012 10:27 AM   in reply to amsarchives
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    From looking over Acrobat's web capture "Web Page Conversion Settings" dialog in Acrobat 8, 9, and X I don't see XML.
    I'm thinking it is not supported.


    Be well...

     
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    4. amsarchives,
    Apr 27, 2012 10:30 AM   in reply to CtDave
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    Thanks for the reply and looking into it, Dave.

     
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    5. amsarchives,
    May 1, 2012 1:27 PM   in reply to amsarchives
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    Hi, as a quick follow up: If Adobe Acrobat does not support XML web conversions, does anyone know of another way to convert XML sitemaps to PDFs? Thanks.

     
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  • GaryGWalker
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    6. GaryGWalker,
    Jun 21, 2012 8:52 AM   in reply to amsarchives
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    I'm looking for a similar solution to a local XML file that uses CSS stylesheets.  I tried opening the web page you cited and doing a "Convert Web Page to PDF" from the Internet Browser toolbar, using IE8 and the Professional X plugins for IE, and it seems to work.   

     
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  • amsarchives
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    7. amsarchives,
    Jun 21, 2012 11:47 AM   in reply to GaryGWalker
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    Thanks for the suggestion, Gary! Unfortunately that only works for saving the front page of the site map and not the xml links.

     
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    8. GaryGWalker,
    Jun 21, 2012 11:56 AM   in reply to amsarchives
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    I'm not sure In understand your comment.  The PDF I created has an active link for each of the sites listed in blue at the page. Isn't that what you wanted? 

     
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    9. amsarchives,
    Jun 21, 2012 12:09 PM   in reply to GaryGWalker
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    Hi, we are actually not looking to have active links but rather to have the content from each link saved as part of the PDF (We are looking to convert the entire website's content to PDF). On Adobe X you can normally append any link so that its content will be converted and added to your PDF, however, this can't be done with XML links. 

     
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