Thread Subject: [MS Word] Convert to PDF via MATLAB

I have Acrobat and Word, and I need to convert my Word document to
PDF format. Does anyone know how I can do this from within MATLAB
(e.g. from the system command line or via java or active-x methods)?

TIA

Michael Robbins wrote:
>
>
> I have Acrobat and Word, and I need to convert my Word document to
> PDF format. Does anyone know how I can do this from within MATLAB
> (e.g. from the system command line or via java or active-x
> methods)?

It seems that GhostWord will solve my problems.

Good to know, sooner or later one have automatically do some report.

"Michael Robbins" <michaelNOrobbinsSPAMusenet@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> Michael Robbins wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have Acrobat and Word, and I need to convert my Word document to
>> PDF format. Does anyone know how I can do this from within MATLAB
>> (e.g. from the system command line or via java or active-x
>> methods)?
>
> It seems that GhostWord will solve my problems.

Michael Robbins wrote:
>
>
> Michael Robbins wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have Acrobat and Word, and I need to convert my Word document
> to
>> PDF format. Does anyone know how I can do this from within
> MATLAB
>> (e.g. from the system command line or via java or active-x
>> methods)?
>
> It seems that GhostWord will solve my problems.

I would think that changing the default printer to Adobe's PDF writer
and and then using activex from inside matlab to load the document
and then using Word's printout activex method. I don't have word to
test this.

Stephen

> I would think that changing the default printer to Adobe's PDF
> writer
> and and then using activex from inside matlab to load the document
> and then using Word's printout activex method. I don't have word
> to
> test this.

I did that, and it was quite easy. The problem is that when you
print using Adobe Acrobat Writer or Acrobat Distiller as the printer,
Word prompts you for a file name. I must process a large number of
Word documents without user interaction.

Michael Robbins wrote:
>
>
>> I would think that changing the default printer to Adobe's PDF
>> writer
>> and and then using activex from inside matlab to load the
> document
>> and then using Word's printout activex method. I don't have
word
>> to
>> test this.
>
> I did that, and it was quite easy. The problem is that when you
> print using Adobe Acrobat Writer or Acrobat Distiller as the
> printer,
> Word prompts you for a file name. I must process a large number of
> Word documents without user interaction.

For me the solution via activex and Adobe Distiller 6.0 worked very
well, after unchecking the 'ask for filename' button
('Eingabeauforderung für PDF-Dateinamen' as it is a german version)
in the properties dialog.

Hope this could be useful to you

Marc

> For me the solution via activex and Adobe Distiller 6.0 worked very
> well, after unchecking the 'ask for filename' button
> ('Eingabeauforderung für PDF-Dateinamen' as it is a german version)
> in the properties dialog.
>
> Hope this could be useful to you
>
> Marc

Thank you.

I have an older version of Acrobat and must purchase a new one for
this feature but that seems like the best solution. I am not
permitted to use freeware or shareware for this project.

In article <ef0d19a.5@webx.raydaftYaTP>, Michael Robbins wrote:
>
> I have an older version of Acrobat and must purchase a new one for
> this feature but that seems like the best solution. I am not
> permitted to use freeware or shareware for this project.

That seems like an absurdly stupid limitation. Not that I'm surprised
by that.

--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

"Michael Robbins" <michaelNOrobbinsSPAMusenet@yahoo.com> wrote in message <ef0d19a.-1@webx.raydaftYaTP>...
> I have Acrobat and Word, and I need to convert my Word document to
> PDF format. Does anyone know how I can do this from within MATLAB
> (e.g. from the system command line or via java or active-x methods)?
>
> TIA
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