I guess I am missing something. Since you are having all these problems
in
sending a pdf to multiple people using Adobe, why don't you just send the
pdf thru Outlook and use a distribution list or manually pick the
addresses?
--
Neil
Thank you! You're the first person to make some sense! I've basically
given
up hoping to use the mail merge option and will just go back to the
manual
way but I was hoping that someone could figure out what was happening
and
maybe there will be an update!
--
Janice
:
for whatever reason mail merge is converting the message format to
rtf.
Knowing how adobe's macros tend to be buggy and how outlook works, I'd
guess
either adobe is changing the format in the merge or using automation
will
always use RTF.
I have v7 and swear I saw the option to mail merge to pdf, but
disabled
all
the acrobat add-ins because they cause too many problems. Re-enabling
them
last night didn't bring the option back so I'll check out v8 on a test
machine.
Also, what is frustrating, is that when I use the adobe option (in
Word)
of
sending the attachment with "Convert to Adobe PDF and email", then
it
works
properly (giving me a window in Outlook, with the proper attachment
showing,
and then I enter in the email address, whatever subject line and
then
any
text). I send it and the recipient gets the proper information.
This
is
done for each recipient, one at a time. (I select one recipient at
a
time
through the mail merge, go back and select another one and do it
over
and
over again). However, when I use the option "Mail Merge to Adobe
PDF"
to
send to the very same recipient, click on the appropriate box, the
email
address is already there, add some subject line and text, then send,
the
recipient then gets the winmail.dat attachment and not the pdf. So,
one
option works but the other doesn't.
--
Janice
:
Thanks for replying. I am using Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.
According
to
the instructions, sending mail merge pdf's as attachments to emails
is
allowed. I've gone back and forth with Adobe and after insisting
to
them
that I've made all the prerequisite changes to Outlook to send in
plain
text,
etc, they then ended up by saying it's an Outlook problem.
--
Janice
:
Which version acrobat do you use?
You can't include an attachment in a mail merge. You need to use
a
3rd
party
tool or VBA.
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/massmail.asp
--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks?
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
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http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
I need to send pdf attachments to various recipients. When I
convert
the
attachment to pdf and send it to the recipient one at a time
(very
time
consuming!), the recipients get the proper attachment in pdf
format.
However, when I use the "mail merge to adobe pdf" option (which
is
much
faster!), the recipient (who does not have Outlook) get a
winmail.dat
attachment. No matter how I change my Outlook settings
(sending
in
plain
text, etc.) nothing works. Adobe insists this is an Outlook
problem.
Can
anyone help or point me in the right direction?