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> Subject: multiple Word files into one PDF
> From: Julie Lefevre <julie_lefevre@yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 09:43:17 -0800 (PST)
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> Hello,
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> We're trying to create one PDF from several different files
> ("chapters") in Word. Does anyone know of a way to do this without
> converting each file individually to PDF and linking them in Exchange?
> I guess the underlying question is really about Word -- is there a way
> to collect the files into a "book" (a la Frame) in Word, then distill
> it to one PDF?
> (Converting the Word files to Frame isn't an option...)
>
> Thanks,
> Julie
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If your Word files are laid out for printing by a PostScript printer
(remember the layout of a Word document changes depending on
your default printer), one simple way if you are just concatenating
the chapters (i.e. no Table of contents etc) is to output each
chapter to a PostScript file and then use MSDOS e.g.

copy /b chp01.ps+chp02.ps+chp03.ps book.ps

and then distill book.ps to create your PDF.

Unless your chapters are small I would avoid the Word Master Document
feature like the plague as it is broke (see any of the Word discussion
groups).
There are various publicly available macros or the use of Word RD-fields
if you need to do bring the Word chapters together before creating
PostScript.

Regards

Ray Saffin


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