Re: convert Word to PDF via GNATCOM

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org>]

"Rod Chapman" <rod.chapman@praxis-his.com> writes:

> 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

That's not as nice as invoking the "convert to PDF" button; you
don't get the table of contents as PDF bookmarks.

But I can't actually find the name of the macro that button invokes,
so maybe I'll just go with your approach.

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

_That's_ what I was looking for! Why can't MS document things like
that!? Or perhaps I should ask how you found out about it?

Way easier than sorting thru thousands of lines of GNATCOM output.

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-- Stephe