Split Word Document

I need to split a word document into individual pages/files. How can this be done?

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Posted on Aug 27, 2009 8:07 PM

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Aug 29, 2009 1:21 AM in response to Todd Lichtenwalter1

I repeat:

I wrote a script which is supposed to print page 1 of the frontmost document.
Due to a bug (in Pages or in the OS), it doesn't do the trick an print the complete document.
It's not an error on my side, the same code applied to TextEdit behaves flawlessly.

It's this script which fails.

Scripts renaming files behaves flawlessly when they are correctly written.

Is it clear this time ?

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) samedi 29 août 2009 10:21:49

Aug 29, 2009 7:32 AM in response to KOENIG Yvan

Yvan,

Yes, and thanks for your help. My project/workflow is almost complete: I am able to use Pages to pull field from Numbers(completed by teachers and sent to me) via mail marge, convert it to a PDF file, rename the files "e.g. "Q1PR for Science-Ramos,R.pdf", use a file maker app to generate from a text list a folder for each student in the school.

Now I only need a workflow or app that will have each folder go and grab the associated students PDF progress report. Any ideas on how to do this?

(and if I have time I will try to automate the mailing of the folders to each of the students parents).

todd

Aug 27, 2009 8:24 PM in response to Todd Lichtenwalter1

Here is an example of what I need to do in the form of a Windows application:

http://ms-word-split-divide-save-pages-into-separate-files-software.sobolsoft.qa rchive.org/

Aug 27, 2009 8:49 PM in response to Jerrold Green1

Hi Jerold,

The problem is that I have hundreds of pages (individual student progress reports) and that seems like taking a very long time.

Aug 27, 2009 8:54 PM in response to Todd Lichtenwalter1

Todd

Must they be in Word files?

Will the principal accept .pdf?

There are several paths we could go here.

Peter

Aug 27, 2009 8:58 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Well if I explain this is the only way to make it happen then .pdf could be done, I know the IT department suggested .pdf too.

Aug 27, 2009 9:09 PM in response to Todd Lichtenwalter1

There is a bonus to creating the reports as .pdfs, you can secure them so that they can not be altered.

Also it simplifies emailing them out or showing them on a website.

Peter

Aug 27, 2009 9:24 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

All right, seems odd though that a free ware has not been developed for this operation, such is as it is. Thank you very much for your time.

Take care,
todd

KOENIG Yvan

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Aug 28, 2009 2:34 AM in response to Todd Lichtenwalter1

Look at the free pdfselect 2.5:

http://www.math.uni-heidelberg.de/studinfo/gerhardt/pdfselect/

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 28 août 2009 11:34:10

Aug 28, 2009 8:52 AM in response to KOENIG Yvan

Yvan,

Would your script work if I export the Pages document into Word or PDF and then run your script?

todd

Aug 28, 2009 1:42 PM in response to KOENIG Yvan

Yvan,

Clarification: are you saying that scripting is not possible that would rename all the files in a folder according to a list of names such as students names?

todd

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