On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 16:54 +0000, Ross Burton wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 16:01 +0000, Iain * wrote: > > > I don't know where I'd put a Print to File option, but I'd like it as > > OpenOffice has an Export option, which currently supports PDF and HTML. > > I'd expect generic PostScript to fall happily in there, which is what > > people generally mean when they print to a file. > The advantage of having it directly in the Print dialog > is that applications all get the functionality for free. > If we have to have a separate Print to File or Export, > my bet is that a lot of applications won't remember to > do so. > As for use-cases, here's one: My girlfriend uses a > piece of statistical analysis software called SPSS. > It's propriety software for Windows. She once wanted > me to print a file for her, so I told her to print it > to a PDF and send me that. It turns out that Print > to PDF isn't in a standard Windows print dialog, > which really shocked me. It can be if you have PDF Creator installed http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ > want to convert it to PDF. I'm not talking about > high-end print shops here. I might write my resumé > in AbiWord, Since I'm already well off topic I way as well mention you could even export as LaTeX and use pdflatext to generate a PDF file which still includes your hyperlinks (but it isn't WYSYWIG and the Abiword LaTeX exporter doesn't support all the current features). Sincerely Alan Horkan Inkscape http://inkscape.org Abiword http://www.abisource.com Dia http://gnome.org/projects/dia/ Open Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org Alan's Diary http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
