On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:32:44 -0800 Came this utterance fomulated by norseman to my mailbox:
> > For final output - print to and distribute the PDF. Then it won't > mater what the source was. > I agree, that is the best method, scalable as well. > 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. You have to be joking! OO.o exports directly to PDF since version 1.1 at least, even on Linux. Tell me you were joking, pretty please. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
