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Batch-Create PDFs?
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midwinter
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Oct 29, 2006, 03:38 AM
 
Hi all. Does anyone know if there's a way to batch-create PDFs? Ideally, I'd like to just drag a bunch of files to something and have them printed as PDFs, but I've not found any way to do this.

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WJMoore
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Oct 29, 2006, 08:41 AM
 
I suspect some sort of Automator/Apple script is your best bet. The Finder has a print command in the file menu which will open the selected file in the default application and attempt to print it. Perhaps that is a good place to start.
     
Mithras
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Oct 29, 2006, 01:04 PM
 
You'll want to set up a PDF writer printer; the print panel itself is not scriptable, even with GUI scripting, which is severely annoying.
     
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Oct 29, 2006, 02:00 PM
 
What kind of files are they?
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midwinter  (op)
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Oct 29, 2006, 06:11 PM
 
Originally Posted by siMac View Post
What kind of files are they?
Word docs or RTF.
     
   
 
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