Hi :) I think this was meant to go to the list.
GhostScript sounds like a Windows app. It might be worth trying though. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Fernand Vanrie <[email protected]> >To: Tom Davies <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 7:49 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing a postscript file with proper >formatting > > >PostScript = deadlock, if you have some PS files , then tranfer them to >PDF (via Gostscript) and then you are back in business > > >On 4/06/2013 7:58, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :) >> Is there a feature-request/bug-report about this format? It might be worth >> posting one if there isn't. >> >> It's a proprietary format so you are probably stuck with trying to find an >> appropriate version of the program that can open them well and then explore >> different output formats. Wrong versions of the same program probably also >> mess the formatting up. >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Steve Edmonds <[email protected]> >>> To: MR ZenWiz <[email protected]> >>> Cc: LibreOffice <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 3:53 >>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing a postscript file with proper >>> formatting >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2013-06-04 09:54, MR ZenWiz wrote: >>>> Is there any way to do this into Writer? >>>> >>>> I have a number of files I originally created with FrameMaker (back >>>> when I still used Windows), and I could never get it to create the >>>> proper PDF output files, but I was able to create PS files from them. >>>> >>>> Now I'd like to put them into ODT format so I can edit, or even just >>>> view, them again in Writer. >>>> >>>> I've tried using ps2pdf, but that doesn't format the file properly and >>>> the output looks like crap. One problem seems to be that the PS file >>>> was created with a dual column format, and that seems to throw ps2pdf >>>> way off (which is odd since it displays perfectly in the document >>>> viewer, but that refuses to print the file to a PDF). >>>> >>>> For that matter, does LO support importing FrameMaker files? that >>>> would be even better - I think. I tried it but all I got was 500 >>>> pages of junk (the file is 24 pages long). >>>> >>>> Any suggestions would be most appreciated. >>>> >>>> At this point I'm looking at printing them all out, scanning them back >>>> in and using the scanned PDFs, but that seems wrong. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> MR >>>> >>> Hi. We had a cad systen that output PS. I used to import that into >>> Inkscape or Karbon and then create the PDF or an EPS if I was inserting >>> a diagram into a document. >>> Draw opens PDF reasonably well. >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >>> Problems? >>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>> deleted >>> >>> >>> > > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
