Richard Jason R. Raquepo wrote: > > what we need is we upload a word/ppt/excel document but other users will > be allowed to view this, so the best way is to let those users view the > files as JPG.
JPG is definitely *not* the best way. What happens when you have a document with hundreds of pages? Would you relish viewing a jpeg image that is a million pixels deep? Your best bet would be to use PDF instead. It's actually designed for documents, which jpeg is most assuredly not. The best available open source MS Office document viewers/converters available today have a tendency to mangle these things badly. The text will probably be readable, sure, but if your concern is accuracy of formatting and all that, then you're basically screwed, and you have only your undue reliance on Microsoft document formats to blame for that. Your best bet, if you cannot for whatever reason get away from these proprietary document formats would be to convert these MS Office documents to PDF using the (proprietary) Acrobat distiller or some similar program, and upload these PDF's instead of the direct Office files. Best advice would be to kick the Microsoft jones for good and use OpenOffice or something similar. You won't need a proprietary program to do PDF conversion either. -- Your national greatness...are, to Him,...a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. http://stormwyrm.blogspot.com/ _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
