You have a PostScript printer driver that is installed on a computer that is running Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008. In an application, you try to print a document to the PostScript printer, or you print the document to a file through the PostScript printer driver. However, the application may exit unexpectedly (crash) when the content is converting to a PostScript (.ps) file.

The following applications are known to experience the crash:

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Power Point
• Adobe applications such as Adobe Frame Maker 8.0

Under certain circumstances, some sections in a document may be lost. For example, you have a document that contains section 1, section 2, and section 3. After you convert the document to a .ps file, and then you convert the .ps file to a Portable Document Format (PDF) file, section 2 is lost.

Note: In this example, both section 1 and section 3 are in font A, although section 2 is in font B.

Pop Directional Formatting: In HTML, PDF terminates the effects of the last explicit code (either embedding or override) and restores the bidirectional state to what it was before the last left-to-right embedding (LRE), right-to-left embedding (RLE), right-to-left override (RLO), or left-to-right override (LRO) control characters.

When printing to the Adobe PDF Printer from Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista, the error “Adobe PDF creation cannot continue because Acrobat is not activated. Click retry after activating Acrobat to continue printing.” appears.

When you print to the Adobe PDF Printer from Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista, you see the error message, “Adobe PDF creation cannot continue because Acrobat is not activated. Click retry after activating acrobat to continue printing.”. You can print to the Adobe PDF Printer from other applications normally.

When you try to print to the Create Adobe PDF printer, an error occurs in the print queue and your document is not converted to a PDF file.

Microsoft has released a product guide for Windows Vista. Strangely enough, they either want you to buy Vista, buy Office 2007, or build a test computer to be able to read the guide. Keep reading →