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Processing

The Word document is converted into a PDF file. If a Mail Merge is made, the mail merge is done in the

document before the document is converted into a PDF file. The conversion is done through the use of

a printer queue - the document is printed to this queue and the print job is converted to PDF. This is the

same technique as used in the "WinQueue Input" on page349 when generating PDF files.

Output

The output is either:

A PDF file accompanied with basic PDF metadata. This is the default output. The Metadata con-

tains one Document level, and one Data page (and Page) level for each PDF page generated by

the document. When Mail Merge is not selected, this is the only available choice.

Note: The Objectif Lune Printer Driver will naturally add a margin to the PDF generated by

this task. If your PDF is full bleed you will not get the desired results using this option.

A DOC (Word Document) file which is the result of the mail merge. This output is only available

when doing a mail merge.

Task properties

General Tab

Microsoft Word Document: Enter a Microsoft® Word® document or template, or click the

browse button to navigate to the location of the document. The supported extensions are: *.doc,

*.docx, *.dot and *.dotx.

Perform Mail Merge: Check when providing a Microsoft® Word® document or template con-

figured for mail merge.

Use settings specified in document: Selected to instruct the task to use the connection

string and SQL statements stored in the DOC file. There is no guarantee that the database,

connection string or statement are still valid, especially if the DOC file was moved or sent

to someone else.

Use custom settings: Override the mail merge settings in the Microsoft® Word® doc-

ument and lets you specify your own.

Connection String: The connection string to any ODBC database supported by Plan-

etPress Workflow. You can use the Browse button to open an existing File DSN, or use the

Database Button to open the ODBC connection interface.

SQL Statement: An SQL statement that is understood by the database you are using and

that will return a series of records that the Microsoft® Word® template is expecting. Note

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