Re: Help with PDF files

2001-07-18 Thread Mike Andrew
On Wednesday 18 July 2001 06:34, Vern W Heesch wrote: Didn't dawn on me that txt files contain no formatting. Sooo, any ideas on something that CAN write to PDF and maintain the original formatting? I tried a few searches but only came up with the Adobe windows program. But I don't want to

Re: Help with PDF files

2001-07-18 Thread Stuart Biggerstaff
Just wondering... If your documents actually are .TXTs--i.e. with no inherent formatting--why do you need to convert them to .PDF? They should be usable as they are on essentially any platform, including browsers. I recently had to buy a couple of copies of Acrobat because patrons didn't

RE: Help with PDF files

2001-07-18 Thread Kurt Wall
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Andrew Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 8:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Help with PDF files On Wednesday 18 July 2001 06:34, Vern W Heesch wrote: Didn't dawn on me that txt files contain no formatting. Sooo

Re: Help with PDF files

2001-07-17 Thread Vern W Heesch
Ken Moffat wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:47:56 -0700 (PDT) Net Llama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Plus i fail to see why anyone would want to convert from text to ps to pdf. Why not use the already existant text2pdf utility: http://freshmeat.net/projects/txt2pdf/ Quote from website:

Re: Help with PDF files

2001-07-17 Thread Vern W Heesch
Net Llama wrote: --- Vern W Heesch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken Moffat wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:47:56 -0700 (PDT) Net Llama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Plus i fail to see why anyone would want to convert from text to ps to pdf. Why not use the already existant text2pdf

Re: Help with PDF files

2001-07-17 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Tuesday 17 July 2001 15:56, Vern W Heesch wrote: Net Llama wrote: --- Vern W Heesch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken Moffat wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:47:56 -0700 (PDT) Net Llama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Plus i fail to see why anyone would want to convert from text to

Re: Help with PDF files

2001-07-17 Thread Dave Ayers
On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:22:38 -0400 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 17 July 2001 15:56, Vern W Heesch wrote: Net Llama wrote: --- Vern W Heesch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken Moffat wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:47:56 -0700 (PDT) Net Llama [EMAIL

Re: Help with PDF files

2001-07-17 Thread Vern W Heesch
Bruce Marshall wrote: On Tuesday 17 July 2001 15:56, Vern W Heesch wrote: Net Llama wrote: --- Vern W Heesch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken Moffat wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:47:56 -0700 (PDT) Net Llama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Plus i fail to see why anyone would

Help with PDF files

2001-07-16 Thread Vern W Heesch
I have been playing with converting text files to ps format using a2ps, then to pdf format using ps2pdf. For the most part it seems to work. However, I cannot figure out how to maintain the format or font sizes of the original document. I have read about everything I could get my hands on but

Re: Help with PDF files

2001-07-16 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:47:56 -0700 (PDT) Net Llama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Plus i fail to see why anyone would want to convert from text to ps to pdf. Why not use the already existant text2pdf utility: http://freshmeat.net/projects/txt2pdf/ Quote from website: Purchasing, Licensing and