----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Chaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [plug] Re: [ph-linux-newbie] [ OT ] PDF file format
> To convert from M$ Word to PS, set up a fake printer on Windows: > > 1. Create a new printer, use "IBM 4019 LaserPrinter PS17" as the driver. > 2. For the port, use "FILE:", which causes it to prompt for a filename > when you print. That file will be a Postscript version of your > document. > 3. I name the fake printer "Postscript to file", makes sense and you'll > probably be using it again. > > 4. Go into Word and print your document to the new printer. It will > prompt for a filename to "print" to. Call it mytext.ps, of course :) > 5. Copy that file to the Linux box, and use ps2pdf to turn it into a simple > PDF. > > I've done it, and it works fine. As for whether its labas is maganda, > it depends on your original document, right? > > Michael > -- > Michael Darrin Chaney > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.michaelchaney.com/ Hey Michael, thanks for the tip. I'll try this at home. =) BTW, are you a Filipino? Do you really know how to speak Filipino? I just visit your site and it is based outside the Philippines and I think you own the consulting firm. Just curious! =) Again, thanks. Marvin _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
