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  • Subject: Word 2 PDF
  • From: Richard Brosnahan <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:10:15 -0500

Hi all,

I need to convert truckloads of Microsoft Word documents into PDF documents on an ongoing basis.

I know this has been covered before, but I've not found a solution that works with what I've tried.

I tried one method that first grabs the selection from Word, and the tries to process that into a PDF. AppleScript returns an error -4990. Not very friendly.

A second method I tried was to us the UI scriptablility in Tiger to control the Print Dialog in Word. I can't seem to address the PDF button in that dialog.

A third method I tried was to use the Word macro language, and that actually might be the most promising method. Unfortunately, I don't know VBA, or whatever that language is. The recordability is useful, but making the macro work for any document has got me stumped.

Manually converting Word docs to PDF produces a good result, so I really want to pursue the scripting of this process. It will help me get another XServe racked up in the company, instead of another Windows server.

For testing, I'm using Tiger (10.4.3) with Word X (service release 1, couple versions back) on a Ti PowerBook (one of the greatest computers ever built).

I will gladly supply script samples, if anyone is interested.

I appreciate any help!

TIA

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