I have a spreadsheet that has a list of word files. Using some VBA code I use
it to automatically Open each file & then Print (or print to Adobe PDF).
There are nearly 300 Word documents. Instead of Printing to PDF I want to
call the 'Create PDF' ( on the Menu Bar) that comes as part of Acrobat 7
Professional. Anyone got some thoughts on how this can be accomplished?

I don't believe that using the Create PDF button is any quicker than (or
does anything different from) using Print to PDF.

Is their a particular reason that you want to change the method of doing it?

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Tim Flatman" Tim wrote in message
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I have a spreadsheet that has a list of word files. Using some VBA code I
use
it to automatically Open each file & then Print (or print to Adobe PDF).
There are nearly 300 Word documents. Instead of Printing to PDF I want to
call the 'Create PDF' ( on the Menu Bar) that comes as part of Acrobat 7
Professional. Anyone got some thoughts on how this can be accomplished?

Doug -

The Create PDF button uses a different process and maintains active
hyperlinks in the resulting PDF document. For instance, if you had a
document which contained a hyperlinked TOC, then the resulting PDF
document would create the links and the necessary bookmarks to enable
the user to "jump" to the appropriate text. It does take much longer
to generate a PDF document using this method due to the number of
"hoops" Acrobat steps through to create a "tagged" PDF document.

In answer to the user's question, I don't know how to address the
button via code.

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Dawn Crosier
Microsoft MVP
"Education Lasts a Lifetime"

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"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
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I don't believe that using the Create PDF button is any quicker than
(or does anything different from) using Print to PDF.

Is their a particular reason that you want to change the method of
doing it?

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of
my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Tim Flatman" Tim wrote in
message ...
I have a spreadsheet that has a list of word files. Using some VBA
code I use
it to automatically Open each file & then Print (or print to Adobe
PDF).
There are nearly 300 Word documents. Instead of Printing to PDF I
want to
call the 'Create PDF' ( on the Menu Bar) that comes as part of
Acrobat 7
Professional. Anyone got some thoughts on how this can be
accomplished?

Thanks Dawn.

For the OP unfortunately Adobe make you pay to get the developer stuff that
you would need to be able to use code to do this.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Dawn Crosier" wrote in message
...
Doug -

The Create PDF button uses a different process and maintains active
hyperlinks in the resulting PDF document. For instance, if you had a
document which contained a hyperlinked TOC, then the resulting PDF
document would create the links and the necessary bookmarks to enable the
user to "jump" to the appropriate text. It does take much longer to
generate a PDF document using this method due to the number of "hoops"
Acrobat steps through to create a "tagged" PDF document.

In answer to the user's question, I don't know how to address the button
via code.

--
Dawn Crosier
Microsoft MVP
"Education Lasts a Lifetime"

This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and
questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
I don't believe that using the Create PDF button is any quicker than (or
does anything different from) using Print to PDF.

Is their a particular reason that you want to change the method of doing
it?

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Tim Flatman" Tim wrote in message
...
I have a spreadsheet that has a list of word files. Using some VBA code I
use
it to automatically Open each file & then Print (or print to Adobe PDF).
There are nearly 300 Word documents. Instead of Printing to PDF I want
to
call the 'Create PDF' ( on the Menu Bar) that comes as part of Acrobat 7
Professional. Anyone got some thoughts on how this can be accomplished?