On 06/10/10 13:32, Jochen Merz wrote: > The situation has not changed since Norman tried it 3 days ago without > success.
Afternoon gents. The latest situation with the PDF version is as follows: I have downloads a trial version of the Calamus program for Windows and I've run it with a small test file provided by Jochen. * I really really hate the program! However, the interface is as was on the Atari, so I can't really complain. Jochen, on the other hand, seems to do quite well with it! * I also installed a number of PDF "printers" and each time I try to create a PDF, the 15 pages start printing and then the CPU hits 100% for a couple of hours. This is totally unacceptable in my opinion. * Printing one page to PDF works, but takes far too long as well. * The PDF created is a massive file, for one page it is about 4.5 Mb which implies a certain amount of bitmapping is going on. This too is unacceptable. * The full 15 pages eventually filled my disc! * There do not appear to be any programs that can extract the contents of a Calamus data file (*.CDK) although the versions of Scribus greater than 1.3.5 are supposed to be able to import Calamus Vector Graphics files, version 1.3.7 doesn't appear to be able to display them or print them to PDF. Sigh! So, at the moment, creating a PDF from the Calamus program is not a viable option at all. Jochen doesn't want to spend time (undertsndably) learning a whole new system (Scribus for example) in order to produce the magazine. He's also not keen on Open Office, unlike me, and tried it out for a customer only in the last couple of months. Granted hsi troubles were with the conversion of Word documents and not with creating a magazine - but that's where we stand. As I've mentioned previously, my own Docbook to PDF version of all the QL Today Assembler articles, created a file of about 890Kb for 220 plus pages (110 plus actual A4 pages), most of them full of text and with very few screen dumps. So it can be done. Docbook is not the best way to create a regular magazine though! It's quite intensive - unless we can get evertone to create their articles in Docbook format of course! (There are special editors like XML Mind's XXE that allow you to use "What You See Is Almost What You Get" but it's still a steep learning curve and suitable for WIndows or Linux and not the original QL. I'm not giving up though. ;-) I'm pretty sure I can do it in Open Office - somehow - but as I only use this for the off letter for my business (so far) I've got a bit of a curve myself! I'll be keeping on trying and I'll let you know how I get on. Cheers, Norman. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
