Word 2008 Automator Convert to PDF

I'm trying to create a workflow that converts either Word, Excel or Powerpoint presentations to PDFs. I can accomplish these tasks separately but I don't want 3 separate actions in my right click menu. Is there a way for a workflow to chose between which document type to convert?
Example:
Get selected finder items -> Convert format of (Word OR Powerpoint OR Excel) documents (to PDF)

No they would open in adobe rather than word. One of your support people was on my computer today and says he fixed it. I’ll let you know if the problem continues. Thanks for responding.
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how to setup word docs, converted to PDF on local drive with links to a second file at a page
Need to setup a set of word documents, converted to PDF that has links from one file to a second file at a given page.
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Tools-Advanced Editing-Link tool, make a box
Check: Go to page view, Next (Create go to view dialog opens)
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Click “Create go to view dialog” to set up link
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I need to open from a folder on the local harddisk (with relative links), in acrobat pro to the given page of the pdf, on a PC or a Mac.
I could bookmark each page “pagenumberxxx” and jump to the bookmark/page if that would get around some problem
Current Systems in use to create documents with links and view them:
Windows XP SP3
Word 2003 SP3
Acrobat 9 pro version 9.4.4
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Mac OS 10 Lion version 10.7.4
Acrobat 9 pro version 9.5.1
(note I have limited understanding of Mac’s)
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No. There seems to be no automated way to do it. You can of course go into the PDF and manually add links after you have converted to PDF, but that is what we want to avoid having to do. We want it to be automatic from the Word doc.

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