Batch printing PDFs from Word (Mac platform)

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I'm trying to batch print PDFs from Word on a Mac. I've tried a drag-and-drop
method, but Word displays a filename prompt for each file, which slows the
batch process to a crawl.

Does anyone know of a way to batch print PDFs from Microsoft Word on a Mac?

Thanks,

Ian
 
It's a workaround for a shortcoming that Acrobat 7 has on the Mac platform.
Using Mac's Acrobat 7, you can't create a PDF from a Word file (which means
you also can't "Create a PDF from multiple files" using the Mac version of
Acrobat 7). I'm trying to use the abovementioned feature to create a single,
searchable PDF from a database of Word files.

Of course you can print a single PDF from within Word, but it prompts you to
name the file, which is unrealisticly slow if you're trying to print -say-
300 PDFs at once.

Anyway, do you know how to batch print PDFs from Word?

Why are you trying to print .pdfs from Word?
I'm trying to batch print PDFs from Word on a Mac. I've tried a
drag-and-drop
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Ian
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You need to ask on the MacWord newsgroup, printing is very OS-specific.

Also, I would ask on the MacAcrobat forums, because I'm pretty sure you
*can* create a PDF from a Word file. It's limited, but certainly doable,
though I haven't done it. Haven't a clue re multiple files, though. You
might need an applescript to cycle through the 300 for you. Ask over there.

See here for Google/Entourage gateway to newsgroups for MacWord, MacExcel,
and other MS programs for the Mac:
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups>

More info on using Newsgroups:
<http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/AccessNewsgroups.htm>
(hit refresh a few times in Safari, or use a different browser)


It's a workaround for a shortcoming that Acrobat 7 has on the Mac platform.
Using Mac's Acrobat 7, you can't create a PDF from a Word file (which means
you also can't "Create a PDF from multiple files" using the Mac version of
Acrobat 7). I'm trying to use the abovementioned feature to create a single,
searchable PDF from a database of Word files.

Of course you can print a single PDF from within Word, but it prompts you to
name the file, which is unrealisticly slow if you're trying to print -say-
300 PDFs at once.

Anyway, do you know how to batch print PDFs from Word?

Why are you trying to print .pdfs from Word?
I'm trying to batch print PDFs from Word on a Mac. I've tried a
drag-and-drop
Click to expand...
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Ian
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