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Need brainstorming ideas - consolidate multiple Office documents-P
I need suggestions on how to solve the following problem/issue:
I need to consolidate several Office XP and Office 2003 documents [mainly Word and Excel] into ONE document. This document would include merge fields from other data sources [Access and Excel], photographs, and charts [from Excel]. I have no trouble with inserting photos, linking Excel charts/graphs, and placing merge fields into a document. My question: Once all the date is merged, pictures inserted and Excel files linked, can I convert this "final" document to PDF? [I don't need to maintain the links or mail merge fields -- I just need them to show the static data at that point in time]. I am not very familiar with how Adobe Distiller works -- but seems to me to be a logical solution. Has anyone had any experience doing something similar to this? Any suggestions are welcome! Lacie PS: the final PDF document would then be printed as well as potentially emailed. |
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If the document looks OK in Word's PrintPreview, then it should output OK to
PDF. There are some caveats -- basically, you can never be entirely certain what will happen with embedded objects -- but in essence what Acrobat is doing is intercepting the output that would otherwise go to the printer. So in principle, if you can print the document you should be able to PDF it. From your description, I'd be more concerned about the Word document falling over or becoming unworkably slow. Another option is to PDF the components separately, then use Acrobat to assemble the final document. "LacieMoon" wrote in message ... I need suggestions on how to solve the following problem/issue: I need to consolidate several Office XP and Office 2003 documents [mainly Word and Excel] into ONE document. This document would include merge fields from other data sources [Access and Excel], photographs, and charts [from Excel]. I have no trouble with inserting photos, linking Excel charts/graphs, and placing merge fields into a document. My question: Once all the date is merged, pictures inserted and Excel files linked, can I convert this "final" document to PDF? [I don't need to maintain the links or mail merge fields -- I just need them to show the static data at that point in time]. I am not very familiar with how Adobe Distiller works -- but seems to me to be a logical solution. Has anyone had any experience doing something similar to this? Any suggestions are welcome! Lacie PS: the final PDF document would then be printed as well as potentially emailed. |
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