Multiple DOCs to PDF

[cmgrn]

I must put our agency manual on our company intranet website. The manual is 25 MS Word docs. One doc for each chapter and a master doc that simply has links to the other 24 docs in sequence.

I wanted to convert this to a single PDF that would appear as a single manual online but would allow us to update an individual chapter in Word and reintroduce the updated chapter doc to the main PDF viewed online.

I tried converting one chapter and had no problem but when trying to convert the master doc, adobe began grouping all the sub-docs and eventually locked up my computer.

Is there a way to let each chapter doc be its own PDF file and then link all the chapter PDFs into one master PDF for web viewing?

I am new to both intranet website design and adobe acrobat so would appreciate any help or constuctive comments on my situation and my possible solution. I am using MS FrontPage 2002 for the intranet website.

Thanks in advance...

 

[frameuser]

When we used Word, I created some pdfmark code that created bookmarks for all the other files in the guide. Worked pretty slick.

One big advantage for readers is that they're only accessing one chapter at a time, so it opens much more quickly than a pdf of the entire guide would.

If you're interested in something like that, I can try to find the stuff that I used to use. (We've been using FrameMaker for about 2 years, so it's no longer fresh in my mind.)

Rick Henkel
Senior Systems Developer

http://frameuser.docspages.com

 

[cmgrn]

Thanks, Frameuser, I think individual PDFs for each chapter would be the best way to go if I could unite them under a table of contents type of PDF where the manual appeared as one document to the viewer who could select the chapter they wanted to read. Also, since the DOCs are individual it would be easy after changes to just recreate the one PDF for that chapter to keep the overall manual up to date.

I appreciate the response but don't want you to go to a lot of trouble. I'm looking into the javascript and interactive part of Adobe to see if I can generate something there.

Thanks...

 

[frameuser]

I know some people use an HTML page for the index that you're talking about. You said it'll be on a Web site, so that should be pretty easy to create and put into action.

Rick Henkel
Senior Systems Developer

http://frameuser.docspages.com

 

[cmgrn]

DOH ... I found an easy answer. I created a PDF file for each chapter and then created a Word DOC with hyperlinks to the new PDF files instead of the other chapter DOCs. When I created a PDF from my new table of contents DOC, Adobe didnt try to combine all the links into one PDF like it did with the original master Word DOC that pointed to other DOCs. Seems to work fine.

Thanks for your help!!