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Your friend's advice (how to create a PDF) doesn't seem to have any
connection to your problem (how to create HTML).  Do you now want to
create PDF instead of HTML?

The name for the PPD to use is Acrobat Distiller or similar - not
Acrobat PostScript.  This should come with PageMaker 6.5 and above.

Aandi Inston

Hmm. What I was trying to do was create a seminar invitation that could be viewed on my company's website. I originally created a .PDF file by choosing "File" / "Export" / "Adobe PDF", then just pushing the "Export" button. She told me this was not "web-friendly", i.e., difficult to view (the fonts were all "jagged").

She then gave me the advice about the PostScript driver.

I did try her advice as far as I could, but when I went to the print dialog box, the closest PPD I already had was "Acrobat Distiller 2017.801". I did not have this "Acrobat PostScript" she mentioned, so I figured it was just something you download from Adobe's site.

So you're telling me this IS the right PPD to use? I actually did try it to see what would happen, and it did export the file and the file looked great when I viewed it in Acrobat. However, the fonts were substituted fonts, not the originals. I assumed it was because I did not have this "postscript driver".

Perhaps it is something else?

Brandy

Ok, so you were trying to create PDF anyway.
Can you post the URL of this problem PDF, with jaggy fonts?  That is
not usually a problem that comes from the wrong PPD. And exporting PDF
will use the Acrobat PPD.

How do you know the fonts were substituted?

Aandi Inston

I feel stupid to say this, but I don't know how to post a URL? I'm sorry.

So you are saying that I have been exporting to a .PDF all along, not HTML?

So if you want to post something on the internet, you do not necessarily have to export it to HTML, just save it correctly as PDF and it will look fine on the net?

I know the fonts were substituted because they looked very different from the original Pagemaker File fonts.

See, I had emailed my Pagemaker file and fonts to this gal I was speaking of. She, in turn, exported it correctly and sent me the finished file to show me what it looked like. Hers looked just like my Pagemaker file.

But then, I tried it on my own using her instructions. When I viewed the finished product in Acrobat, it did look "crisper" (no jagged edges) but the fonts were different. This led me to believe there was a postscript problem.

Does that help?

Brandy

>I feel stupid to say this, but I don't know how to post a URL? I'm sorry.

Don't be sorry.  I just mean that somewhere on the web you probably
have this file - right?  So tell us where, what to type in our
browsers.
>
>So you are saying that I have been exporting to a .PDF all along, not HTML?

Absolutely. No connection.
>
>So if you want to post something on the internet, you do not necessarily have to export it to HTML, just save it correctly as PDF and it will look fine on the net?#

Yes, provided your visitors have Acrobat Reader. Not everyone does, so
it is very important to tell visitors what they need and where to get
it.

Aandi Inston

Oh, I see. So the HTML feature is important for sending things to folks who don't have Acrobat, so they can view it as well.

Unfortunately I do not have this doc posted on the web anywhere, wouldn't have a clue how to do that. Sorry!

Well, I tried this gal's procedure with a different Pagemaker file, and lo and behold it worked great - the fonts look right and everything. Not sure what's up with that, but sounds like I've learned how to make a .PDF file look really sharp.

Thanks for your help, Aandi!

Brandy