Re: Automated/Overnight Word->PDF
At the moment I have to maintain dozens of
manuals in Word format, which usually all undergo
minor updates each day and have to be shipped
at a moment's notice in PDF format.
At the moment it's not feasible for me to manually
turn them in PDFs when they are needed; this
simply takes too long, as the manuals range in size
from 30 to 150 pages.
Ideally, I need to have a situation where overnight, a
PDF version of each specified Word document
is created and placed into a specified directory.
I'd preferably like to have the PDF created with
automatic bookmarks, if possible.
Is this possible, or am I dreaming? I can't imagine
I'm the only one in this situation, and at the moment
Acrobat is driving me crazy.
P.
Paul,
Does this mean that your computer is very slow?
I have found that I can distill a 200 page PDF in about 2 minutes and 45 seconds.
You can write a program in Visual Basic, use a program called Quick Keys for Windows, or simply print all your files to postscript at the end of the day, and start Acrobat distiller. Distiller will process the files in a specific folder and output them to a second folder.
Your script program could distribute them at that point. You don't have access to cron (you aren't on a Unix or Linux machine), so if you want a timed approach you will have to search for another program to initiate distribution.
Scott
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