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Re: Save as PDF File for Microsoft Word
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Re: Save as PDF File for Microsoft Word


  • Subject: Re: Save as PDF File for Microsoft Word
  • From: Joe <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:05:45 -0800

>It looks as if it may finally be possible to save Microsoft word files as PDF files without complicated UI instructions.  The following script does not work, however all the language is accepted by Word.  Can anyone help me complete the task?

Here is a droplet I use to convert files with Word to PDF. Be advised that Word 2008 does not preserve links in Word files when converting to PDF. However Pages will.

on open fillist
 set bs to "/"
 set d to "-"
 tell application "Finder"
  set defLoc to container of (item 1 of fillist) as alias
 end tell
 set destn to choose folder with prompt "You are converting Word files by copying them to PDF files." & return & "Select a location to save converted files." default location defLoc
 repeat with lvar in fillist
  tell application "Finder"
   set thename to name of lvar
   set filex to name extension of lvar
   set l to length of filex
  end tell
  set nuname to text 1 thru text item -(l + 1) of thename
  if "/" is in nuname then
   set oldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters
   set AppleScript's text item delimiters to bs
   set txtLst to every text item of nuname as list
   set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d
   set nuname to txtLst as string
   set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldDelims
  end if
  set filname to (destn as string) & nuname & "pdf"
  tell application "Microsoft Word"
   launch
   open lvar
   save as active document file name filname file format format PDF
   close window 1 saving no
  end tell
 end repeat
end open

Joe
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