What is the best way to convert Microsoft Office documents automatically on a server? We need to convert lots of such documents automatically to PDF files. Currently we use PDFCreator with an OLE script, but it is a fragile process since Microsoft Office popups keeps interrupting the flow.
I have tried OpenOffice, but it is not good enough at converting Microsoft Office documents.
Not sure what you mean by ‘automatically’, but try Google Documents. You can upload .doc files in bulk to be converted to google’s format. From there, you can export (in bulk) to PDF.
To use Google Docs, get a gmail account (or google apps account) and go to docs.google.com