Re: Best way to use an Access 2database report in a Publisher 2007

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Mike,

Hummm. I thought that was basically what I said. Guess my message got lost
in the forest of words. ;-)

DavidF

"Mike Koewler" <wordwiz@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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David,

Using Acrobat (the full version) one can protect a document from being
opened, being printed or being edited. Sure, a specialist in cracking
codes could probably figure it out, but not the normal viewer.

Mike

DavidF wrote:
Great! Glad it worked out for you, and thanks for posting back.

How secure? I don't have the full Adobe Acrobat program to see if a Pub
2007 generated PDF can be opened and modified. I do think one should
assume that there is no such thing as a totally "secure" file, and that
any file can be edited...even PDF files.

You can "encrypt" the PDF files, which makes them less easily modified.
Not sure the Publisher PDF tool will do that, but www.primopdf.com
does...and its free.

You can add a level of "security" by making the download folder a
password protected folder, that is only accessible by those you give the
password. Look to your webhost for instructions on how to create password
protected folders...usually in the FAQs section.

DavidF

"Billiam" <Billiam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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THANK YOU !!!! Worked perfectly---by the way, individual pages make the
most
sense--a good point.
Can you tell me how "secure" are my .pdf pages that Publisher 2007 makes?
Can they be modified by anyone easily?
Bill

"DavidF" wrote:


As to the question about grouping all the pdf pages in one document, or
offering them individually, a couple issues come to my mind. Will the
user
want to read all 20 pages, or will they have interest in only one or
two? If
you think the user will always want all 20 pages, then of course you
could
offer them as a combined publication. However, this brings up issue
two...20
pages, even with an optimized pdf format is going to take quite a while
to
download. If you go this route, I would add a note along with the link
telling people how big the file is. Individually or collectively,
depends on
the content and your intended use, but try to avoid large files. Given
that
Pub 2007 will generate PDF files that have active links, you could do
individual files, and simply link to the next one...

As per linking, I would set up a "downloads" subfolder on your site at
the
same level as the index.htm file and the index_files folder. Then the
link
to a pdf would be: http://yourdomain.com/downloads/yourpdffile.pdf .
When
people click on the link, and assuming that they have the Adobe Reader
plug-in installed, the file will open in IE. They will be able to save
or
print after downloading.

Reference: Including external files in a Publisher web:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/07/80561.aspx

DavidF

"Billiam" <Billiam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank You david !
As to the mechanics of the linking.... am I best to put all 20 .pdf
pages
in
one publication and then put it on the webserver, or individual pages,
or
does it matter...I will be updating some pages much more frequently
than
others...

Also, how do I do the linking to the files on the webserver from my
webserver publication? I am using a bell server...

"DavidF" wrote:


Use a PDF file and link to it. That way you will know exactly how it
will
print. Office 2007 programs have the option of converting your report
to
PDF, and optimizing for print or for the web. When you File > Publish
as
a
PDF... note at the bottom of the dialog: "Optimize for" Click the
Change
button and you will see the options. Minimum size will be the fastest
to
download...or if the user has the Adobe reader plugin installed, the
fastest
to open in IE. If you want a higher resolution, you can use one of the
others.

DavidF

"Billiam" <Billiam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have several reports produced in Access 2007 which I need to
provide
in a
Publisher 2007 webpage. The reports are in a table report with
gridlines
and
provides such things as names, phone, email, and courses taught (each
report
is produced from a specific area code).
I would like to make the report easily printable....so I have made my
web
publication width the creccoended number of pixels, but I suspect the
best
way is to make a .pdf version. Also, When I use the Adobe snapshot
option,
and place it in the webpublication, the resulting resolution is very
poor.
(I
must have gridlines)

Am I best to provide the original database report in .pdf on the
webserver
and just link to it from the webpage---would this be a lengthy
process
for
the enduser?

Can you make a reccomendation please as to the best way to tackle
this?







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