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Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in
the Process area.
The tab also provides an option to highlight the task in "The Process area" on page829 with
the default color, set in the Preferences (see "General appearance preferences" on page716),
or the color selected or defined under Highlight color on this tab.
To revert the selected highlight color to the default color, open this tab, turn the Highlight option
off and close the dialog with the OK button; then turn highlighting back on.
Highlighting can also be turned on and off via the task's contextual menu and with the Highlight
button on the View ribbon.
Microsoft® Word® Documents To PDF Conversion
The Microsoft® Word® Documents to PDF Conversion action task can be used to convert a
Word® document into a PDF file that can be used in your PReS Workflow process. It can also
do a Mail Merge as it runs the task.
Notes
l Microsoft® Word® needs to be installed for this task to be functional and to test the
connection.
l Microsoft Word must not be currently opened when the automation task runs.
l Microsoft Word 2003 and up are supported.
l While debugging this task, the printer shows the message that the document can not be
printed. This message is normal and will not appear when running a live configuration.
l The task uses a printer queue set with the “PReS Word to PDF Printer” driver, which is
created and set by default on-the-fly the first time a Microsoft® Word® Documents to PDF
Conversion action task is run. This printer cannot be shared on the network in order to
avoid confusion from network users, however it is shared between all Microsoft® Word®
Document to PDF action tasks on the same system.
l If using a Microsoft® database such as Access® or Excel®, each software must be
installed in the same version. For example, using Microsoft® Word® 2007 with a
Microsoft® Access® 2003 database will cause the task to fail.
l If the database path is specified in the Microsoft® Word® document, the mail merge has
to be performed with the settings specified in the document, otherwise the database path
provided in the task is ignored and can cause different conflicts. To use custom settings,
the Microsoft® Word® document should contain only mail merge fields with no database
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