[Athen] Question re Acrobat and Word

[Prof Norm Coombs]

Dear Saroj:
That is great news about Word 2007.  I checked and found that I can add it 
to the output file types.

Norm
At 02:29 PM 6/1/2008, you wrote:

>Norm,

>Word 7 does not require you to have Acrobat standard or professional.  It

>will allow you to save as PDF/XPS document and allows you to set options

>for structured document tagged for accessibility.  You can still install

>Acrobat and it will also show up in the tool bar and when saving the

>document.  In Word 2003 you still need to have Acrobat installed.

>Saroj

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> > Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 17:25:06 -0700

> > From: Prof Norm Coombs <norm.coombs at gmail.com>

> > Subject: [Athen] Question re Acrobat and Word

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> > I don't own Acrobat, but I understand that recent versions of Acrobat will

> > put a new menu item in Word menus to save as PDF.

> > My question is whether for this to happen I have to own Acrobat

> > Professional or will it happen with Acrobat standard???

> >

> > Norm

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> > Message: 2

> > Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:51:15 -0400

> > From: Kathleen Cahill <kcahill at MIT.EDU>

> > Subject: Re: [Athen] Question re Acrobat and Word

> > To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network

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> > Hi Norm;

> >

> > I have Acrobat Professional 8, which adds an extra menu item in

> > Microsoft Word to allow me to "Save as PDF".  I checked the Adobe

> > website to see if Acrobat Standard 8 allows the same thing and they are

> > not clear about that:  "Create Adobe PDF documents with one button ease

> > from Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office applications,

> > including Access, Outlook, and Publisher, as well as Lotus Notes."  But

> > they do not specifically mention MS Word.

> >

> > I would contact Adobe to clarify before making a purchase of Acrobat

> > Standard.

> >

> > Kathy Cahill

> > MIT ATIC (Adaptive Technology) Lab

> >

> >> I don't own Acrobat, but I understand that recent versions of Acrobat

> >> will

> >> put a new menu item in Word menus to save as PDF.

> >> My question is whether for this to happen I have to own Acrobat

> >> Professional or will it happen with Acrobat standard???

> >>

> >> Norm

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> > Message: 3

> > Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 09:44:53 -0700

> > From: "Terry Thompson" <tft at u.washington.edu>

> > Subject: Re: [Athen] Question re Acrobat and Word

> > To: "'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'"

> >       <athen at athenpro.org>

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> > Hi Norm, Kathy, and all,

> >

> > The Adobe Acrobat family product comparison matrix at

> > http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/matrix.html includes a feature

> > "Create

> > PDF documents from any application that prints, including one-button

> > creation from Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint". This feature is

> > available in Standard, Pro, and 3D versions.

> >

> > Terry

> >

> > Terry Thompson

> > Technology Accessibility Specialist

> > DO-IT, Accessible Technology

> > UW Technology Services

> > University of Washington

> > tft at u.washington.edu

> > 206/221-4168

> >

> >> -----Original Message-----

> >> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org

> >> [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cahill

> >> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 8:51 AM

> >> To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network

> >> Subject: Re: [Athen] Question re Acrobat and Word

> >>

> >> Hi Norm;

> >>

> >> I have Acrobat Professional 8, which adds an extra menu item

> >> in Microsoft Word to allow me to "Save as PDF".  I checked

> >> the Adobe website to see if Acrobat Standard 8 allows the

> >> same thing and they are not clear about that:  "Create Adobe

> >> PDF documents with one button ease from Microsoft Internet

> >> Explorer and Microsoft Office applications, including Access,

> >> Outlook, and Publisher, as well as Lotus Notes."  But they do

> >> not specifically mention MS Word.

> >>

> >> I would contact Adobe to clarify before making a purchase of

> >> Acrobat Standard.

> >>

> >> Kathy Cahill

> >> MIT ATIC (Adaptive Technology) Lab

> >>

> >> > I don't own Acrobat, but I understand that recent versions

> >> of Acrobat

> >> > will put a new menu item in Word menus to save as PDF.

> >> > My question is whether for this to happen I have to own Acrobat

> >> > Professional or will it happen with Acrobat standard???

> >> >

> >> > Norm

> >> >

> >> >

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