Save As PDF on Microsoft Word 2007 isn't embedding the fonts

Question

When i use internal Word "Save As" PDF it never embed the font. When i use PDF Creator it works ok, but then i lose the bookmarks and cross references.

I'm using Windows 7, when i go to the font folder, the font i'm using "Font Embeddability" property is listed as "Editable", which i believe should be enough to embed.

If i set "Bitmap text when fonts may not be embedded" it displays the pdf correctly, but i cant copy the text.

Answer 1

If it's not too late to provide and answer, you can try this:

• Click the Office Button (upper left)
• Click the Word Options button (lower right, next to Exit)
• Click the Save tab.
• At the bottom, under "Preserve fidelity when sharing this document", select "Embed fonts in the file" [Note: at this point, using the dropdown, you can select the current document or all future documents]. Click OK.

Now, you're ready to publish the file as PDF:

• From the Office button, click Save As -> PDF or XPS, to open the "Publish PDF" dialog.
• Before you click the publish button, click the Options button and ensure that "Document structure tags for accessibility" is selected, and hit OK.
• Click publish, and you're done.

(Note: best practice is to ensure that you are saving the pdf on the same machine that you created the document on, otherwise the fonts may not be available at the time of PDF creation.)