Merging PDFs with Pub document   

I am working on a newsletter right now. Most of the articles that get 
sent to me were typed in Word and I copy and paste them into Publisher. 
Then, I use PrimoPDF to convert the entire Pub document into a PDF 
document, and I email it to the printer.

But, I have 2 pages that are PDFs, and I can't figure out how to get 
them in the right position within the entire 8 page document. Let's say 
pages 2 and 7 are PDFs.

I can't figure out any way to merge the PDFs within the publisher 
document. I hope I'm explaining this clearly. Thanks!

date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:09:54 -0400   author:   Erika Katz

Re: Merging PDFs with Pub document   

Try, Insert, Object, Adobe Acrobat Document, Create from File, browse to the 
PDF. You'll not be able to edit. Have you tried opening the PDF in the Acrobat 
Reader, copy/paste from it to Publisher? This maybe the best if there is more 
than one page.
-- 
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Erika Katz"  wrote in message 
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>I am working on a newsletter right now. Most of the articles that get sent to 
>me were typed in Word and I copy and paste them into Publisher. Then, I use 
>PrimoPDF to convert the entire Pub document into a PDF document, and I email it 
>to the printer.
>
> But, I have 2 pages that are PDFs, and I can't figure out how to get them in 
> the right position within the entire 8 page document. Let's say pages 2 and 7 
> are PDFs.
>
> I can't figure out any way to merge the PDFs within the publisher document. I 
> hope I'm explaining this clearly. Thanks!

date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:52:14 -0400   author:   Mary Sauer

Re: Merging PDFs with Pub document   

Mary Sauer wrote:
> Try, Insert, Object, Adobe Acrobat Document, Create from File, browse to the 
> PDF. You'll not be able to edit. Have you tried opening the PDF in the Acrobat 
> Reader, copy/paste from it to Publisher? This maybe the best if there is more 
> than one page.


Ok, great, I'll try both ways. Thank you!

date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:19:51 -0400   author:   Erika Katz

Re: Merging PDFs with Pub document   

Mary Sauer wrote:
> Have you tried opening the PDF in the Acrobat 
> Reader, copy/paste from it to Publisher? This maybe the best if there is more 
> than one page.

This is perfect and ... duh ... so obvious!

date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:52:08 -0400   author:   Erika Katz

Re: Merging PDFs with Pub document   

Erika,

 There is a way of doing this that you may not have thought of. PrimoPDF
 allows you to "append" one file to another. You could print page 1 to a
 .pdf. Then print the first PDF file to the same name. You may have to check
 your default settings so you are prompted to append rather than overwrite.
 Print Publisher pages 2 thru 6 to the same .pdf file, appending again. Then
 the second .pdf file and lastly Publisher page 8.

 Yes, it takes a few extra moments but you can use this same idea to combine
 other file types as well. Not everything fits inside a single Publisher
 page.  ;-)

 -- 

 JoAnn Paules
 MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
 Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



> "Erika Katz"  wrote in message 
> news:48a91259$0$5984$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com...
>>I am working on a newsletter right now. Most of the articles that get sent 
>>to me were typed in Word and I copy and paste them into Publisher. Then, I 
>>use PrimoPDF to convert the entire Pub document into a PDF document, and I 
>>email it to the printer.
>>
>> But, I have 2 pages that are PDFs, and I can't figure out how to get them 
>> in the right position within the entire 8 page document. Let's say pages 
>> 2 and 7 are PDFs.
>>
>> I can't figure out any way to merge the PDFs within the publisher 
>> document. I hope I'm explaining this clearly. Thanks!
>

date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:20:03 -0400   author:   JoAnn Paules