How to convert a report to PDF, and Word (A2003)

Any ideas?

Thanks!

-paulw

Re: How to convert a report to PDF, and Word (A2003)

"PW" wrote

> Any ideas?

Actually, you "print" a report to PDF. For the fullest functionality in
creating PDFs, you'd purchase Adobe Acrobat...(Google is your friend for
finding the Adobe site); many of us use other packages -- I have been happy
with the free, Open Source "PDF Creator", which I downloaded from
SourceForge. Both Acrobat's PDF creation software or PDF Creator install as
a printer and write a PDF to file, as do most or all other third-party
products.

You can't go "directly" from Access to Word's .DOC format, but you can save
in Rich Text Format (.RTF). I have often been disappointed with the
fidelity of the formatting to the original, but if you are satisfied with
it, then you can open the .RTF with Microsoft Word and save it as a .DOC
file.

There are additional alternatives, the Snapshot format and free Snapshot
reader that you can download from Microsoft preserve the formatting much
better. HTML may work for you. You can even export into an Excel
spreadsheet, if you desire.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

Re: How to convert a report to PDF, and Word (A2003)

On Oct 24, 10:36 pm, PW
wrote:
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -paulw

One can upload a word, txt, rtf, odt, pdf or htm file to Google
Documents and export it as any of the others for free in less than 30
seconds (well 30 seconds for me here in in Technoland). The
conversions seem to be quite excellent. Currently uploads are
restricted to <=500 kb. Of course, Access reports can be output in
many of those formats.
Multiple uploads can be automated, sort of, by e-mailing the files to
a special address supplied by Google.
If publishing a file,I believe there is a facility for making it
publicly, or only to logons the user specifies, available over the
internet. So, insteadof e-mailing say, a snaphot version of a report,
one could upload an htm version to Google, convert it to pdf, and send
a link to the converted file.
Creation of new Google accounts used to require an invitation, but no
more.
While the procedures I have described are simple and quick, thay are
entirely interactive; there seems to be no provision at all for
automating or programming anything (except e-mail documents as a means
to upload).
But, the price is right, and it works well.
One can also import and export in these formats with Lotus Symphony
Documents (free). I found the quality of the exports to be less
shining than the Google exports and strangely, Lotus Symphony
Documents which is entirely local, is quite a bit slower than Google
Documents, which is an internet application.
My first "programming" (after the Commodore 64 kernel pushes) was
Lotus macro language, so I'm sentimentally "cheering" for Lotus. But
it seems to be behind Google except for the size of import file
restriction.
Blah, blah ... go back to bed, Lyle.

Re: How to convert a report to PDF, and Word (A2003)

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:17:48 GMT, "Larry Linson"
wrote:

>"PW" wrote
>
> > Any ideas?
>
>Actually, you "print" a report to PDF. For the fullest functionality in
>creating PDFs, you'd purchase Adobe Acrobat...(Google is your friend for
>finding the Adobe site); many of us use other packages -- I have been happy
>with the free, Open Source "PDF Creator", which I downloaded from
>SourceForge. Both Acrobat's PDF creation software or PDF Creator install as
>a printer and write a PDF to file, as do most or all other third-party
>products.
>
>You can't go "directly" from Access to Word's .DOC format, but you can save
>in Rich Text Format (.RTF). I have often been disappointed with the
>fidelity of the formatting to the original, but if you are satisfied with
>it, then you can open the .RTF with Microsoft Word and save it as a .DOC
>file.
>
>There are additional alternatives, the Snapshot format and free Snapshot
>reader that you can download from Microsoft preserve the formatting much
>better. HTML may work for you. You can even export into an Excel
>spreadsheet, if you desire.
>
> Larry Linson
> Microsoft Access MVP
>

Thanks Larry. I was thinking on the lines of us or our clients not
being able to afford Acrobat as it is quite expensive. I will check
out your alternatives! Thanks!!1

-paulw

Re: How to convert a report to PDF, and Word (A2003)

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:25:06 -0000, lyle
wrote:

>On Oct 24, 10:36 pm, PW
>wrote:
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -paulw
>
>One can upload a word, txt, rtf, odt, pdf or htm file to Google
>Documents and export it as any of the others for free in less than 30
>seconds (well 30 seconds for me here in in Technoland). The
>conversions seem to be quite excellent. Currently uploads are
>restricted to <=500 kb. Of course, Access reports can be output in
>many of those formats.
>Multiple uploads can be automated, sort of, by e-mailing the files to
>a special address supplied by Google.
>If publishing a file,I believe there is a facility for making it
>publicly, or only to logons the user specifies, available over the
>internet. So, insteadof e-mailing say, a snaphot version of a report,
>one could upload an htm version to Google, convert it to pdf, and send
>a link to the converted file.
>Creation of new Google accounts used to require an invitation, but no
>more.
>While the procedures I have described are simple and quick, thay are
>entirely interactive; there seems to be no provision at all for
>automating or programming anything (except e-mail documents as a means
>to upload).
>But, the price is right, and it works well.
>One can also import and export in these formats with Lotus Symphony
>Documents (free). I found the quality of the exports to be less
>shining than the Google exports and strangely, Lotus Symphony
>Documents which is entirely local, is quite a bit slower than Google
>Documents, which is an internet application.
>My first "programming" (after the Commodore 64 kernel pushes) was
>Lotus macro language, so I'm sentimentally "cheering" for Lotus. But
>it seems to be behind Google except for the size of import file
>restriction.
>Blah, blah ... go back to bed, Lyle.

Thanks Lyle! Very interesting!

-pw

Re: How to convert a report to PDF, and Word (A2003)

Have you seen Stephen Lebans site: http://www.lebans.com/reporttopdf.htm

Anthony



PW wrote:
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks!
>
>-paulw

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Re: How to convert a report to PDF, and Word (A2003)

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:30:52 GMT, "biganthony via AccessMonster.com"
wrote:

> http://www.lebans.com/reporttopdf.htm

I totally spaced out on that! Thanks.

-pw