Batch conversion of Microsoft word to PDF?

Hi Gang,
I'm not sure which forum to put this in, but I've been all over google and can't find a solution. I'm hoping someone here has a suggestion.
Does anyone know a way to do a batch conversion of MS word to PDF? I installed adobe acrobat pro, and it looks like it will do batch conversions, but only of post script files, not MS word. Which is a waste, because if I can save the files as post scrip, I might as well just save as PDF.
I also tried acrobat distiller, but it tells me it can not read the file type.
I know how to print, save to pdf for a single file, but I'm trying to streamline this process.
I'm not familiar with command line or scripting... I was hoping for an app.
Anyone have ideas?
thanks
Ethan-

Hi Ethan
Have a look at creating a WorkFlow with Automator which comes with your Mac.
You should be able to modify one of the batching routines in Automator to open folders of Word files and print to .pdf.
Get onto the Automator forum and see what specific assistance they can offer:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1261
Peter

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