{"id":1509,"date":"2020-01-10T21:38:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T02:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2020-01-10T21:45:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T02:45:51","slug":"combining-zummer-reports-with-adobe-acrobat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/2020\/01\/10\/combining-zummer-reports-with-adobe-acrobat\/","title":{"rendered":"Combining Z\u00fcmmer Reports with Adobe Acrobat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since Z\u00fcmmer is a report intensive application, using a PDF output device is probably the best option for printing. Of the many PDF options available, Adobe Acrobat PDF provides the best printer preference features. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post: Streamlining the Printing Process with Adobe Acrobat<\/a> <\/strong>details the procedures for setting up the best printing configuration found to work with Z\u00fcmmer by assigning 1) an Output folder and 2) disabling the ability to view Adobe PDF results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, another PDF Printer device with these features has not been found. In addition to the Printing Preference options, Adobe Acrobat allows for combining multiple PDFs into one PDF file with multiple options including bookmarking. The following steps for report combination assume: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Adobe Acrobat PDF is the default printer and; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) the Adobe Acrobat PDF Printing Preferences are in accordance the topic detailing the streamlining the printing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Select the Z\u00fcmmer Reports to print.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the figure below, Z\u00fcmmer Analysis Reports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) #01 thru #47;
b) Analysis Charts 1 & 2;
c) Analysis Statistics 1 & 2;
d) Predecessor Successor Report and;
e) Project Settings <\/p>\n\n\n\n

…are selected to Print for Project ID: VS2-BL4-UP13<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this exercise, the \u201cInclude Summary\u201d option is checked which adds the Analysis Summary Schedule report to the list. A total of 54 reports will be printed for this series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 2: View the resulting output PDF files\nand remove all blank reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the illustration below, all reports have been printed and are display by \u201cDate Modified\u201d in the PDF Port folder view. For this illustration, only the last 16 Analysis Reports are displayed, however, all 54 reports are contained in the PDF Port Folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Note: During the printing process for this exercise, the total time to print all 54 reports was under 3 minutes. Of course, results will vary depending on many factors, however, the results achieved is typical for a standard Z\u00fcmmer report series.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, click on the \u201cSize\u201d column header so that the smallest reports are on the top as shown below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the illustration above, an additional 6 reports not shown are reporting at 6 KB in size. Most likely, the smallest PDF file sizes indicates that there were no results that satisfied the Report\u2019s criteria.  Depending on your PC and software application configuration, zero result reports may have a different size. You can verify empty reports, by opening the first report and observing if any results are displayed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this configuration, a 6 KB file size indicates zero results. Therefore, all reports with a file size of 6 KB can be safely deleted. Since the file size of the remaining reports (shown below) are greater than 6 KB, they contain data and therefore will be combined into the final report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 3: Combine the remaining Analysis\nReports.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, Select All (Ctrl-A) highlights the remaining Analysis Reports, then Right-Click to display the \u201cCombine supported files in Acrobat\u2026\u201d option. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Adobe Acrobat Combine Files window shown below, all the Analysis Reports default to sorting alphabetically by name. Note that in this exercise, report \u201c00 summary schedule analysis” is at the top. Each of the named reports in the combined list will become a Bookmark Panel in the combined PDF file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next, click on the \u201cCombine Files\u201d shown above. The result is a combined PDF file named \u201cBinder1.pdf\u201d as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  Step 4: Setting Properties and renaming the Binder1.pdf file.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the File option above, select Properties to display the Document Properties window. Then select the Page layout: option \u2013 Bookmarks Panel and Page as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since this is schedule analysis for Project \u201cTS2-BL4-UP13″, select File, Save As, then enter a File name such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VS2-BL4-UP13 \u2013 Thyme Street Building 2 – Schedule\nAnalysis \u2013 DD 01-May19.pdf<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally close the file, then re-open the file to display the combined PDF file in the format shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The left column displays the automated named Bookmarks while the right panel displays Page 1. Clicking on the Bookmark line item causes the right panel to display the first page of the selected report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A combined and bookmarked PDF file in this format adds an elegant and professional grade touch to your Z\u00fcmmer report deliverables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a92020 FoxQuest Systems, Inc. – All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Add an elegant and professional grade touch to your Z\u00fcmmer report deliverables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/VS2-BL4-UP13-the-files-are-now-shown-ing-the-Combine-files-window.jpg?fit=727%2C557&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1525,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions\/1525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}