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From: "Rod Chapman" <rod.chapman@praxis-his.com>
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> I'd like to use Gnu make to automate things, but I'm open to other
> suggestions.

We make makefiles and Word macros to do this.  hang on...got it...
Install this in a macro file that is loaded into your global Normal.dot
template:

Sub pdfprint()
    ActivePrinter = "Acrobat PDFWriter"
    Application.PrintOut FileName:="", Range:=wdPrintAllDocument,
Item:= _
        wdPrintDocumentContent, Copies:=1, Pages:="",
PageType:=wdPrintAllPages, _
        Collate:=True, Background:=False, PrintToFile:=True,
OutputFileName:="wibble"

    ActiveDocument.Saved = True
    ActiveDocument.Close
    Application.Quit
End Sub

We then have a makefile rule that uses Word's little-documented "/m"
command-line
switch:

%.pdf : %.doc
	$(msword) /mpdfprint $<
	mv wibble.pdf $@

Or something like that...I'm sure you get the idea...
 - Rod