Posts Tagged ‘Convert’
2009
11.07
Tags: Apple, applescript, automator, batch convert, Convert, Convert to PDF, convert to text, Doc to pdf, doc2pdf, Mac, multiple files, PDF, processing
Posted in Mac | 11 Comments »
A long time has passed and our favorite OS has been updated. The hardware we run our software has evolved.
This minor updates addresses these changes.
The action is now Universal binary compatible with 32bit/64bit, and a user friendly installer has been added.
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2009
05.08
Tags: automator, Convert, Convert to PDF, convert to text, doc, Doc to pdf, doc2pdf, doctopdf, PDF, textutil, Workflow
Posted in Mac | 1 Comment »
As requested here is one possible way to convert doc and docx files to pdf using Automator. A word of caution; I successfully converted simple documents but not complex ones. Some application has better support for the doc format than other and Word will always be one step ahead, I think they want it that way? So if you really need the best conversion of complex documents you are forced to stick to Microsoft Word.
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2009
05.08
Tags: automator, batch convert, Convert, Convert to PDF, Download, Mac, processing, Ruby
Posted in Mac, Ruby | 12 Comments »
PDF
A minor update for a developer a major improvement for a lot of users. I would like to thank for all the feedbacks I’ve got, for Version 1. It had quite a few problems; important enough to be immediately addressed.
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2009
05.06
Tags: automator, batch convert, Code, Convert, handy command, Mac, PDF, processing, Ruby
Posted in Mac, Ruby | 33 Comments »
PDF
I was astonished not to discover an easy way to convert text files to PDF with automator! Yes, I found some evidence of a past action which is now gone, here is a new implementation and written in Ruby.
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