CVP 5.0 and Adobe PDFwriter 4.0
Richard Pavlicek
and Adoble PDFwriter 4.0, but one thing is very annoying.
When I select "Print Publication" I am prompted for each
chapter to type in a name for the PDF file being created.
All I want to do is name each PDF file with its chapter name
plus the .PDF extension -- a simple obvious scheme.
I have many PUB files, each with 50-100 chapters, and these
are changed periodically... so it's become a tedious task to
update all the PDF files.
Does anyone know of any way to automate this?
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Richard Pavlicek
Web site: http://www.gate.net/~pavlicek
Eric Weber [C_TECH]
wrote:
>Does anyone know of any way to automate this?
I sure can't think of any. The problem is that PDF Writer operates like a
printer driver, so unless it had that capability built into it, I'm not sure
there's an easy way to automate it.
-- Eric
[C_TECH Volunteer]
Alex Gray [C_Tech]
> I have many PUB files, each with 50-100 chapters, and these
> are changed periodically... so it's become a tedious task to
> update all the PDF files.
>
Short answer: make sure you check the 'To File' box in the print dialogue.
Long answer...
I guess you are (as most of us do) printing to a print device set for
printing to the FILE: port. Corel recommends *not* to do this with Ventura
5, but to tick the To File checkbox instead.
If you have a printer set to FILE:, Ventura is unaware that the job is going
to a file (it just thinks it is printing to that device), and it leaves the
filename control to the printer driver. By default, all the usual drivers
call up the file name dialogue with the default *.prn entered. Even though
Ventura does pass them the chapter name as the job name, it does not specify
it as an output file name.
HOWEVER, you *can* bring the job under Ventura's control simply by checking
the 'To File' box, even on a job going to a printer set with FILE: as the
destination. If you do this, Ventura will specify and output filename of
[chapter name].prn, which is what you want.
Note that Corel also advises *not* to tick the 'To File box for a device set
as printing to FILE:, but under Win95 I have never seen a problem with this.
To do it 'properly' for VP5, set your printer to a real port (eg LPT1) and
check the 'To file' box.
You could automate the process further, I guess, by using a DOS batch file
or Windows scripting tool (or even a keyboard macro system) to output a list
of chapter names (by asking Ventura to print them). You can use a fixed
output filename (eg output.prn) and get the batch file/script to rename the
output file to suit the chapter name before gioing on to output the next.
Alex Gray [C_Tech]
Corel User magazine
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