Hmm.. I just ran the command: pdf2ps inputfile.pdf outputfile.ps and got a nice respectable postscript file. Also in the GS package is the pdf2text utililty that will convert to text, but lose the graphics. As most of you know, postscript is the native format of linux printing, and most modern commercial-grade printers. These capabilities can be easily added to any open source program just by calling the external programs or libraries. You don't have to pay for software to be able to manipulate PDF files. Ghostscript is even available for Windows. On 10 Jul 2001 16:49:35 -0700, Chopin Cusachs wrote: <em>> <em>> Need to be careful. PDF is a one way street. <em>> Word Perfect, current version, can export to it, <em>> but not open and modify a document once encoded. <em>> To do that you need to pay more than I can justify <em>> to get the Acrobat program. <em>> <em>> PDF documents can take forever to download on <em>> a slow dialup connection; I tend to avoid them for <em>> this reason. Even downloading the free reader <em>> took a couple of hours. PDF format, I understand, <em>> is very much like a postscript stream enclosed in <em>> file packaging. It is not to be confused with the <em>> postscript printer language or the Ghost program <em>> for replicating hard drives or ghostwriter module <em>> to print to a Wintel printer. I much prefer plain <em>> text. <em>> <em>> If you just want to read and print a MS Word document, <em>> you can use WordPad, a part of Windows, or download <em>> a viewer/printer, free from Microsoft. WordPad has some <em>> basic editing capabilities, but not the editor of choice <em>> for Dustin's next book. <em>> <em>> Choppy <em>> <em>> <em>> At 01:34 PM 7/10/01 -0700, you wrote: <em>> >Right, I'm familiar with all the utilities that <em>> >convert to PDF. I meant the office type apps. Which <em>> >makes me wonder if Open Office has this capability? <em>> <em>> <em>> ================================================ <em>> BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> your subscription information. <em>> ================================================ <p>================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ <!-- body="end" --> <hr noshade> <ul> <li><strong>Next message:</strong> Chopin Cusachs: "Re: [brluglist] WINE" <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> Chopin Cusachs: "Re: [brluglist] WINE" <li><strong>In reply to:</strong> Chopin Cusachs: "Re: [brluglist] WINE" <li><strong>Next in thread:</strong> Chopin Cusachs: "Re: [brluglist] WINE" <li><strong>Reply:</strong> Chopin Cusachs: "Re: [brluglist] WINE" <li><strong>Reply:</strong> john beamon: "Re: [brluglist] WINE" <li><strong>Messages sorted by:</strong> [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ] </ul> <hr noshade>
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