On Fri April 14 2006 12:43, + Gene Rackow wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > Is there any openoffice tool that could be used from the > command line to print a .doc file? or possibly just convert it > to a pdf file? As people move away from MS platforms one of the > things lacking is that they could click on a file and tell it to > be printed. I'd like to be able to either run a conversion > from the command line to get it the file into something usable > and known to my printer like ps or pdf. It would be even nicer > if I could just roll that into a filter that lprng or cups is > able to use. That way the guy with the really old limited laptop > could send the .doc file to the print queue and get something > reasonable out.
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Fri April 21 2006 14:25, Conrad Newton wrote: > > I have used this command to print text files from the command line. > > ooffice -p mytest.txt > > Maybe it works for .doc too? I have not tried. > > Although OpenOffice.org does not open up, it is clear > that a lot of machinery is running in the background, > so the limited laptop may still have problems -- > better to ftp the files from the limited laptop > to a more powerful machine and do the work there. > Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
