Re: Automated/Overnight Word->PDF

[dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com]

Dick Margulis wrote:
> 
> ...[Paul] wants to use the CreatePDF macro in Word in order to 
> preserve links (printing to Distiller doesn't do that).

You mean you can't do that with Distiller settings?  (I use PDFMaker manually, so I don't know, but I'd be disappointed if that were the case.)

> 
> So what he needs is some way of invoking that macro in a batch 
> process. 

I'm pretty sure you can invoke Word with a macro name that you want it to run.

> 
> It seems to me that there ought be be a way to write a Word macro 
> that would run through all the files in a particular directory.

Yep, no problem.

> 
> As long as Paul remembers to launch that macro before he goes home, 
> he should be all set, right?

I still think the Scheduled Tasks control panel is worth a look.

--David 
 
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