Insert PDF at end of Word document?

H

Holly

I work in a law firm where I am frequently asked if there
is a way to insert a PDF file to the end of a Word
document? I am faced with this question at least once a
month from our users. I've discovered I can convert the
PDF to individual JPG files, but it's a pain to insert
them into Word (as graphic images) manually page by page
especially if there are numerous pages. Any advice?
 
P

Pat Garard

G'Day Holly,

You don't say what your job is - Help Desk?

Be aware that a number of Law businesses use PDFs because
they DO NOT WANT users/clients to edit/copy/merge etc etc
- you will need to check the business Policy on this issue.

That said, there are a number of tools that will (more or less
successfully) convert PDFs to DOC format. Most of them
are NOT free.

Search Google for "pdf to word" and you will find a swag!
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Acrobat itself will allow you to save a PDF as a Word document. A better
solution, however, might be to PDF the Word doc and combine it with the
attached PDF.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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TF

Holly

What you can do is embed a PDF file as an object. The users will then have
to double-click the embedded object which will open in Acrobat for them to
view. Is that what they want or do they want to actually read the PDF as
part of Word without the need for Acrobat reader?

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

:I work in a law firm where I am frequently asked if there
: is a way to insert a PDF file to the end of a Word
: document? I am faced with this question at least once a
: month from our users. I've discovered I can convert the
: PDF to individual JPG files, but it's a pain to insert
: them into Word (as graphic images) manually page by page
: especially if there are numerous pages. Any advice?
 
H

Holly

I'm the Word Processing Supervisor.
Exactly what you say - they do not want the docs changed.
And sometimes even - it's attachments in handwritten form
that's been scanned as PDF files.
They would need to remain as images and inserted at the
back of a Word document then saved on our network.
I will do a Google search. Thanks so much for the help.
 
P

Pat Garard

Hi Holly,

What I understand is that you need a convenient way to
record/register Word Docs, with notes/PDF attachments,
in accordance with a stated policy.

The options for PDF we have covered (see also Terry
Farrell's response).

There is an option for handwritten notes that MIGHT be useful -
it depends on the management level of the reviewers, and their
preferences.

Windows Xp has a (built-in) handwriting feature that can be
used to insert material into Word (and Excel....etc).

To use the facility, the reviewer would need a (USB) graphics
tablet - cost around $50.

The "written" notes can be inserted as "ink objects" (like images
of the handwritten notes) OR as recognised text.
 
G

Graham Mayor

Having read your initial requirement and the suggestions made by fellow
contributors, there may be an easier way. Word will not import PDFs, but
your suggestion of converting to graphic format seemed logical and Snag-It
makes it a breeze to output multi-page documents to separate files, by using
its printer driver option to print from Acrobat.

Then provided you have Word set to insert images in line, you can insert all
the produced images in a single operation - as they are full page images,
they will follow one another each to its own page. The only snags I can see
are that the images will shrink to the current margins and because of a bug
in Windows Explorer, the first image will often be placed last, so needs
moving. This can be eliminated by selecting the images in reverse order in
the insert > picture dialog.

Playing around with this, I began a simple macro that inserts a section
break, resets the margins of the new section and inserts the images in
order. You will probably get a margin error when you try to print the file,
but as the minimum margins are printer dependent, I can do nothing about
this without access to the printer. Fix the margins and make the changes in
the macro.

The macro uses the default SnagIt file names - and a folder c:\temp. These
are of course changeable.

Sub InsertImages()
Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakNextPage
With Selection.PageSetup
.Orientation = wdOrientPortrait
.TopMargin = CentimetersToPoints(0)
.BottomMargin = CentimetersToPoints(0)
.LeftMargin = CentimetersToPoints(0)
.RightMargin = CentimetersToPoints(0)
End With
Count = 0
Do
On Error GoTo oops
sFile = "C:\Temp\Allfiles-000" & Count & ".jpg"
Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:=sFile
Count = Count + 1
Loop
oops:
End Sub


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D

~D~

...just to add to this..I inserted a pdf as an object and it gave me an icon
linked to the pdf document. Is there anyway I can edit that picture so that
it reads the name of the document..just curious?

Thank you.
 
P

Pat Garard

G'Day ~D~,

Right-Click the Icon
Choose
Adobe Document Object>Convert...
Click "Change Icon" (button)
choose a New Icon
type a New Caption
(To preserve the Icon, browse to
C:\Program Files
\Adobe
\Acrobat x.x
\Reader
\AcroRd32.exe
and choose the Icon)
 
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~D~

Thanks Pat!

Pat Garard said:
G'Day ~D~,

Right-Click the Icon
Choose
Adobe Document Object>Convert...
Click "Change Icon" (button)
choose a New Icon
type a New Caption
(To preserve the Icon, browse to
C:\Program Files
\Adobe
\Acrobat x.x
\Reader
\AcroRd32.exe
and choose the Icon)
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
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