James Knott wrote:
Graham Smith wrote:
Michael
I'd look to Draw as the better tool for the task.
I did wonder if Draw might be a better tool.
One thing to remember is that people will use the tools at hand and
Microsoft Office doesn't have anything comparable to Draw, so...
Incidentally, a few years ago, I saw someone using Excel to draw a road map!
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"...people will use.." How True!
From my vantage point I see more Excel (actually spreadsheet in
general) files being used for Data Base work than there are actual Data
Base files doing Data Base work. :)
For final output - print to and distribute the PDF. Then it won't mater
what the source was.
In OOo Linux, print to file
review the postscript via ghostview (gv thename.ps)
(saves a great deal of paper, time, ink and money)
if it looks OK,
something like ps2pdf.sh thename.ps
contents:
ofil=`basename $1 .ps`
gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -q \
-dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -r300 \
-sOutputFile=\|cat >$ofil.pdf $1
then do xpdf thename.pdf
if it still looks OK, send it; otherwise redo it. Keep
the .pdf and scrap the .ps when done.
The .ps in gv and the .pdf in xpdf should look the same. Acroread allows
a better zoom and pan than gv or xpdf. But it takes longer to come up.
It also consumes lots more computer resources in the process.
However the .pdf looks is what others will see and print. (I'm assuming
they have a printer and the correct drivers and all that properly
installed and tested and working and .... Come to think of it, I guess
it would help if they have some way to actually see the .pdf in the
first place. :) Am I over the top? Yeah! Way over.
If you (anyone out there) are using MicroSoft only, then go get a copy
of TurboCAD or some such to replace Sdraw. Sdraw types, you can read a
dxf (2D only?) but you can't write one (at least not in 2.?). Gotta go
out .ps and convert to a raster and/or a .pdf. OR copy/paste to Swriter
and send a .doc. MicroSoft wins again. Bummer.
(The raster in .bmp format can be used by some CAD programs as a
backdrop to, tediously, trace over... Double bummer.)
Sdraw programmers, The text and the vectors are already there. Just wrap
them in a dxf format. Start with " 0\nTABLE\n 2\nSTYLE\n" and add the
fonts, then " 0\nSECTION\n 2\nENTITIES\n" and go.
Steve
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