Post by: MamaMoose on April 30, 2009, 02:19:55 AM
Using a text editor, I can using Open, put them in the editor's document list but they appear in the editor's window one at a time or on the desktop so I have to select them one at a time.
Is there any way I can open all the files within the single document without having to do so manually, that is automatically?
Thanks, MamaMoose
Post by: Texas Mac Man on April 30, 2009, 08:23:04 AM
In the combined file, do each of the 280 text files need to be on separate pages?
It would be a one-time tedious task, but you could do the following:
1. Open each file sequentially, copy it, and paste it into a new combined file; or
2. Open each file & save it as a PDF file. Then use a utility app to combine individual PDFs into one PDF using PDFLab @ http://pdflab.en.softonic.com/mac
Post by: Mrious_be on April 30, 2009, 10:47:55 AM
Judging from what you want you simply want one large file, containing all 280 files in a certain order I assume.
This is pretty tedious as you said (and I don't know if there's anything that will do this appart from Automator as Tom pointed out) but it's honestly not that time consuming.
You'll probably be surprised how fast it goes by just opening them, and do a copy/paste in the new file and go on with the next file.
Actually... that might go faster than finding an answer on TS/Online
Tom:
That software is really good to know/have.
We do have the full Acrobat Pro software but that takes so much space up for what it offers back (and for what it's used) that I can do those things with this software also.
I'm going to test this is and if it works nicely, I probably delete Adobe Acrobat
Thanks
Post by: Xairbusdriver on April 30, 2009, 11:46:44 AM
Variables are available but I've never seen a way to use them in a Loop or much of anything else. Probably just me. Anyway, give AS a try, you can point a script to the collection of files you want to use, make it open and copy the text, and paste it into a default document. That basic action, of course, needs to be repeated for each original document until all have been read and concatenated to the end of the previous one. Then, save the new, large file.Of course, if you have FileMaker, it is a fairly simple task to import each document as a new, single field text record and then create a final record as the sum of each text record.
One other alternative is to teach your cat how to do his...
Post by: tacit on April 30, 2009, 05:50:34 PM
Create a new document. Click on the Edit menu and go to Insert->File Contents...
An Open dialog will appear. Shift-click your list of text files in the folder and hit Open. Bing! They will all be combined in alphabetical order.
Post by: jcarter on May 01, 2009, 06:38:10 AM
I also was wondering how to do this, I could put my lessons all into one document.
Thank you.
Jane
Post by: Mrious_be on May 01, 2009, 07:04:08 AM
