34. Convert text files to PDF then merge PDFs in bulk with PowerShell and iTextSharp
The Problem for me... I hate looking through the help files in the console, for a few reasons.
1. By default, the font is too small for me to see well. Old people problems I know, it is what it is. I find reading a pdf file much easier on the eye. I dump all the help files on a network accessible share that I can quickly access on any machine in my network.
2. I can highlight, comment and bookmark the pdf files as needed. This may require the full version of Acrobat Pro or an equivalent, I’m not sure. My organization has Acrobat Pro so this isn’t an issue for me. Using highlighting, comments and bookmarks, I can make the help files more of a quick reference, it just works for me.
3. I frequently work on Servers that are not accessible to the larger internet. Meaning, I can’t update help files for those machines unless I do it manually. Instead, I keep these pdf files on an external hard drive that I carry around anyway.
I know the help files are updated occasionally but it’s not often enough to make much of a difference. I usually update my help files a couple times a year. All that said, below is the code I use to make all the txt files and convert them to pdfs. I have also combined the help for each cmdlet in a module into a single pdf that I have made available here on signalwarrant.com. Hit the downloads link and use if you think you can get some benefit from them.
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