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Subject:Re: MS Word hidden text in PDF output From:Robert_Johnson -at- percussion -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:23:32 -0400
That was it. Thanks for the quick response, Lisa!
Robert Johnson
Documentation Manager
Percussion Software
Woburn, MA
Lisa Roth <roth -dot- lisa -at- jimmy -dot- harvard -dot- edu>
10/04/2005 01:29 PM
To: Robert_Johnson -at- percussion -dot- com
cc: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Subject: Re: MS Word hidden text in PDF output
In fact, I do believe it's Word and not Distiller/Acrobat.
In Word, check Tools>Options>Print. Under "Include with document,"
uncheck the Hidden Text option, and you should be worry-free thereafter!
Good Luck
-- Lisa Roth
Robert_Johnson -at- percussion -dot- com wrote:
> Whirlers,
>
> Having had no success with Adobe's documentation or their Web site, or
> Google, to find the resolution to what should be a simple problem, I
turn
> to my professional colleagues.
>
> We generate .pdf files from MS Word documents using Adobe's Distiller.
> When I launch Distiller, it is making the hidden text (e.g., index
> markers) in my Word document visible. Has anyone else encountered this
> behavior? I'm assuming that I've accidentally changed a property in
> Distiller, but I have yet to figure out which one. It's also been
> suggested that it might be a Word property, although given that it
happens
> with Distiller kicks off, I doubt that is the case.
>
> I'd appreciate any help with this problem.
>
> Robert Johnson
> Documentation Manager
> Percussion Software
> Woburn, MA
>
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