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Question re: Adobe PDF conversion from MS Word

  • 11-10-2006 5:15pm
    #1
    c0y0te
    Closed Accounts Posts: 931 ✭✭✭


    Apologies if this post is in the wrong place. I Couldn't find an appropriate place for software related queries so I've just dumped it here. Mods - please move as appropriate.

    My question is as follows:-

    I've got somewhere between 50 to 100 word documents which I need to convert into PDFs. I need to do a proper conversion (e.g not a fast / cutePDF type) because I need all the tags, bookmarks etc. preserved. I've got Adobe professional to do the job, but so far I've only been able to do one MS word file at a time.

    I know there is an option to convert multiple MS word files into a single PDF, but does anyone know if its possible to convert multiple MS Word files into their respective multiple PDF files? In other words - is there some nice way I can automate the conversion of all my docs or am I relegated to doing each one individually?

    Thanks in advance for any help/advice - I need to sort this before Friday this week. Cheers.


Comments

  • #2
    Adam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Adam


    Though it doesn't look big on functionality: http://www.download3k.com/Business-Finance/Calculators-Converters/Download-Word-Doc-to-PDF-Batch-Convert-Multiple-Files-Software.html

    There are other programs there too, just google 'convert multiple word document pdf' to see.


  • #3
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Look for PDFCreator on www.sourceforge.net

    It'll fully automate the conversion of multiple documents.


  • #4
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    There is a plug in for Adobe Professional available called AutoBatch, which allows you to run the process from the command line. It ain't free at $179 though.

    Windows seriously needs a well supported application that works like Automator...


  • #5
    c0y0te
    Closed Accounts Posts: 931 ✭✭✭c0y0te


    Thanks for the suggestions - I'll take a look at 'em and see which one does the biz. As long as I can preserve the bookmarks/tags etc I'm happy with any tool which will allow me to create the PDFs in a batch.


  • #6
    brian_rbk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭brian_rbk


    download openoffice at openoffice.org ... open your word document and there is a button on the top left saying pdf. it exports the file directly as a pdf... works very well and best of all its free :)

    bri


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