Configure the Microsoft Office Rendering Module Options

The Microsoft Office rendering options specify how to render each Office file format, how to run the Office applications, and options for the output file.

Note:
  • Use of Microsoft Office 2007 requires installation of the 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF.

  • Rendering all Microsoft Office applications requires additional configuration of Meridian Enterprise Server as described in Configure Enterprise Server To Not Run As a Service.

To configure the Microsoft Office rendering options:

  1. In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the Data Exchange group, click Rendering Profiles.

    The All Rendering Profiles page appears and lists the existing profiles grouped by the name of the computer (cluster node) to which they are assigned.

  2. Select Microsoft Office and click Options.

    The Office Rendering Options dialog box appears.

  3. Select or type options using the descriptions in the following tables.

    After setting options on the General page, configure the rendering options for the applicable Office applications by clicking the corresponding tab.

  4. Click Save.

ClosedGeneral Options

General options
Option Description

Name

The name of the rendering profile as seen in Administration Console.

Computer

The name of the Meridian Enterprise Server computer (cluster node) on which to run this job.

Input extensions

The file extensions that will be rendered by this module.

To modify this list:

  1. Click Configure.

    The Input Extensions dialog box appears and lists the supported file extensions.

  2. Select the file extensions that you want to be rendered.

  3. Click OK.

    The quantity is refreshed to reflect your selections.

ClosedWord Options

Microsoft Word options
Option Description

Update title blocks before rendering

If enabled and Office is installed on the rendering node, the title blocks in the document will be updated from the document properties before the document is rendered. If disabled or the application is not installed on the rendering node, the update is skipped.

Setting this option does not enable rendering. Rendering must be configured separately.

The BC Enterprise Server service must be run in interactive mode as described in Configure Enterprise Server to not run as a service.

Pages

Select an option to specify which pages to render.

Publish what

Select Document to only render the final document text. Select Document showing markup to also render Word comments, ink, insertions, deletions, formatting changes, and highlighting in the output file.

Create bookmarks using

Adds bookmarks to the Bookmarks navigation panel in Adobe Reader using Word heading styles or bookmarks.

Document properties

Adds the document property values to the corresponding properties of the output file.

Document structure tags for accessibility

Adds non-visible tags to the output file that improve readability of the document for users of assistive software or mobile devices.

ISO 19005-1 compliant

Adds all information (for example, fonts) to the output file that is necessary to display the document in the same way at any time in the future. Excludes information (for example, audio, video, JavaScript, encryption, non-standard metadata) that relies on external sources.

Bitmap text when fonts may not be embedded

Converts text to images if the fonts cannot be embedded due to licensing or other external dependencies.

ClosedExcel Options

Microsoft Excel options
Option Description

Update title blocks before rendering

If enabled and Office is installed on the rendering node, the title blocks in the document will be updated from the document properties before the document is rendered. If disabled or the application is not installed on the rendering node, the update is skipped.

The BC Enterprise Server service must be run in interactive mode as described in Configure Enterprise Server to not run as a service.

Pages

Select an option to specify which pages to render.

Publish what

Select an option to specify the scope of the pages to render. Select Ignore print areas to exclude print areas that may be set in worksheets and to render all available data instead.

Document properties

Adds the document property values to the corresponding properties of the output file.

Document structure tags for accessibility

Adds non-visible tags to the output file that improve readability of the document for users of assistive software or mobile devices.

ISO 19005-1 compliant

Adds all information (for example, fonts) to the output file that is necessary to display the document in the same way at any time in the future. Excludes information (for example, audio, video, JavaScript, encryption, non-standard metadata) that relies on external sources.

Disable macros

Disables execution of Excel macros during rendering.

Run Excel interactively

Shows the Excel user interface during rendering for monitoring or troubleshooting. If cleared, Excel runs invisibly in the background.

ClosedPowerPoint Options

Microsoft PowerPoint options
Option Description

Update title blocks before rendering

If enabled and Office is installed on the rendering node, the title blocks in the document will be updated from the document properties before the document is rendered. If disabled or the application is not installed on the rendering node, the update is skipped.

The BC Enterprise Server service must be run in interactive mode as described in Configure Enterprise Server to not run as a service.

Pages

Select an option to specify which slides to render.

Publish what

Select an option from the list to specify the scope of the data to render.

Slides per page

Type the number of slides to render to each page in the output file.

Frame slides

Renders a hairline border around each slide in the output file.

Order

Select the orientation of slides in the output file.

Include hidden slides

Renders hidden slides in the output file.

Include comments and ink markup

Renders PowerPoint comments, ink, insertions, deletions, formatting changes, and highlighting in the output file.

Document properties

Adds the selected document property values to the corresponding properties of the output file.

Document structure tags for accessibility

Adds non-visible tags to the output file that improve readability of the document for users of assistive software or mobile devices.

ISO 19005-1 compliant

Adds all information (for example, fonts) to the output file that is necessary to display the document in the same way at any time in the future. Excludes information (for example, audio, video, JavaScript, encryption, non-standard metadata) that relies on external sources.

Bitmap text when fonts may not be embedded

Converts text to images if the fonts cannot be embedded due to licensing or other external dependencies.

Disable macros

Disables execution of PowerPoint macros during rendering.

ClosedVisio Options

Microsoft Visio options
Option Description

Update title blocks before rendering

If enabled and Office is installed on the rendering node, the title blocks in the document will be updated from the document properties before the document is rendered. If disabled or the application is not installed on the rendering node, the update is skipped.

Note:

The BC Enterprise Server service must be run in interactive mode as described in Configure Enterprise Server to not run as a service.

Pages

Select an option to specify which pages to render.

Color as black

Select this option if the output file will typically be printed on a monochrome printer or for greater visibility.

Include background

Renders background color or images in the output file.

Document properties

Adds the document property values to the corresponding properties of the output file.

Document structure tags for accessibility

Adds non-visible tags to the output file that improve readability of the document for users of assistive software or mobile devices.

ISO 19005-1 compliant

Adds all information (for example, fonts) to the output file that is necessary to display the document in the same way at any time in the future. Excludes information (for example, audio, video, JavaScript, encryption, non-standard metadata) that relies on external sources.

Disable events

Disables execution of Visio event handlers during rendering.

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