[P_lam0]

I have just finished my first semister at Uni and have to put together my coursework into one document. Because the university I go to does not have mac......., i have to save it as a PDF so the fomatting is teh same on the windows PC (saved originally as a .doc using latest version of microsoft word for mac).

I saved the file (.doc) as a PDF through the print dialog box and was shocked to see that it created 10+ different PDF files for the one documet, its as if is creating a new PDF at a section break within word......or summet!!!!


PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can any suggest why it would do this and how to correct it!!!!!!! (ASAP!!)


Cheers

P_lam0

[Mithras]

This is a function of how Microsoft Word prints documents -- as you noted, it creates a separate print job for each section. Use something like the freeware CombinePDFs to stitch them together into a single PDF.

[Love Calm Quiet]

Yes, the MS Word handling of SECTIONS sucketh.
I've forgotten all the problems I had... but the pagination, etc didn't work right.
I *abandoned* using sections when I have to use Word.

My second (and preferred) solution was to shift to InDesignCS (cheap as PageMaker upgrade).
Now for book-length projects I just use separate InDesign docs for sep chapters and combine them into an InDesign book. The way ID works is probably what MS *intended* Word to be able to do.

PS: Forgot to mention... life is WAY to short to hassle with MSWord.

[rem]

This is just an idea if PDF combining is laborious with your doc... I have not tried it, but it might be worth a try...

Assuming that OpenOffice might do a better job than Word for Mac at generating PDFs, and that it should be able to open your .doc file without messing up formatting (verify that)... OOo might be worth a go.

Perhaps someone else has already tried?

Just a few more ideas...
. Save as rtf in Word. Open in TextEdit and if all looks well print from there.
. Save as HTML and send your prof a link
. A stab in the dark... there might be a way to print directly to a PostScript file (install a PS print driver first?), to see if PS works better than PDF
. Try PostScript