Can anyone help with this problem? I need a script, that has the function as that script below, which converts a .doc/.docx-file to PDF (with MS Word) and saves it to the same group.
I want to convert a PDF to PDF-A in the same way with Adobe Acrobat Pro!
that’s it! Thanks a lot!
property extensionList : {"doc", "docx"}
tell application id "DNtp"
set theInput to {}
set theSelection to the selection
repeat with theRecord in theSelection
set theFile to (path of theRecord) as POSIX file
set theDoc to theFile as alias
tell application "Finder"
set theFilePath to container of theDoc as text
set ext to name extension of theDoc
if ext is in extensionList then
set theName to name of theDoc
set theFilename to characters 1 through ((length of theName) - (length of ext) - 1) of theName as string
set theFilename to theFilename & ".pdf"
tell application "Microsoft Word"
set theOldDefaultPath to get default file path file path type documents path
set default file path file path type documents path path theFilePath
open theDoc
set theActiveDoc to the active document
set theFilePath to (path to desktop folder) as string
set default file path file path type documents path path theFilePath
save as theActiveDoc file format format PDF file name theFilename
close theActiveDoc
set default file path file path type documents path path theOldDefaultPath
end tell
set theConvertedPath to (theFilePath & theFilename as string)
end if
end tell
set theConvertedRecord to import POSIX path of theConvertedPath to (parent 1 of theRecord)
if exists theConvertedRecord then tell application "Finder" to delete theConvertedPath
end repeat
end tell
Examining the AppleScript dictionary for Acrobat 15 (DC) I see no commands for making PDF-A from PDF; nor do I see any useful ghits for “AppleScript PDF/A”. There are commercial utilities available that will do this conversion.
That Automator action might work on some versions of Acrobat – it does not work for me on Acrobat DC (v15). You can use Automator to get the PDF using DEVONthink actions (see for example this similar workflow), but after that you’re on your own with Acrobat. Have you discussed using Distiller with (or without) Automator on the Acrobat forum?
I don’t think you can change Adobe’s Distiller action, but you could build a workflow, incorporating some of the Finder actions, that deletes the file.
… my new idea is to create a folder action script (in Finder), which imports the created PDF/A from selected folder in the save dialog to the current group.