Important! To ensure that all fonts are included when printing to pdf files, fonts must be embedded.

Instructions for:      Adobe Acrobat Version 5    Adobe Acrobat Version 6

Adobe Acrobat Version 5

If you use the PDFwriter to create PDF files:
From your petition software (or most any windows program):

1. Click on File, Print and select the PDFwriter as the printer.
2. Click on the Properties button, and click on the ‘Font Embedding’ tab and click the box for ‘Embed all fonts’.
3. Click OK.

Note: You should only have to do this once and this setting will become part of your PDFwriter defaults, to verify this just repeat the process and ensure the box is still checked.

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If you use Adobe Distiller to create PDF files:
From your petition software (or most any windows program):

1. Click on File, Print and select the Distiller as the printer.
2. Click on the Properties button, and click on the ‘Adobe PDf settings’ tab and click the box for ‘Do not send fonts to Distiller’ so that the check mark goes away.
3. Click OK.

Note:You should only have to do this once and this setting will become part of your Distiller defaults, to verify this just repeat the process and verify the box is still unchecked.

Adobe Acrobat Version 6

1. Click on the Windows Start button (on the lower left-hand corner of your computer).
2. Click on Programs.
3. Click on Acrobat Distiller 6.0.
4. Click on Settings.
5. Click on Edit Adobe PDF Settings.
6. Click on the Fonts tab.
7. Check the Embed All Fonts box (it may already be checked).
8. Click Save As and accept the default name; click OK and close Acrobat Distiller by clicking the "X" in the upper right corner of the program.

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