Hi Tony: Thanks for the advice.
I write books on uniform buttons. My working copy is in MS Excel and my printer converts the file to pdf for printing. Will the batch file help me ? Tim -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "A Chilco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [users] Can I . . . > Hi Tim, > It sounds like you've only downloaded the installation files, but haven't yet > installed OpenOffice.org. Look under 'programs' in your start menu. If > there's a > folder named 'Openoffice.org 2.4', then the program has been installed. If > not, > look in the folder you mentioned below for 'setup.exe' and run it. Once the > installation has completed, you should have the start menu item I mentioned. > Run > 'Openoffice.org calc', then open your spreadsheets and use 'file / export as > pdf' to create a pdf of your excel spreadsheets. It is possible to install a > macro that will allow you to convert a file to pdf from the command line. I > have > a batch file to do that if you're interested and capable of modifying it for > your purposes. > > --- > tc > > You appear not to be subscribed to the users' mailing list. You could miss > many > of the replies to your post unless you do subscribe. Just send a blank > message > addressed to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> using the e-mail account through > which you want to receive it. You will receive a message asking you to > confirm > your subscription by replying to it. See > ttp://support.openoffice.org/index.html > for more options. > Subscribing is optional. Be aware that after subscribing, you may receive > many > messages from the list. Be prepared to set up mail filters in your email > client > in order to deal with them. > > Hamwic House wrote: >> Hi folks: >> >> Your site was recommended to me by my server provider. >> >> I have downloaded . . . C:\Documents and Settings\Tim\Desktop\OpenOffice.org >> 2.4 (en-US) Installation Files >> >> But the one function I am looking for, I cannot seem to find ? >> >> I with to convert my MS Excel files to pdf files. >> >> Have I download the correct files or have I missed something ? >> >> Thank you - Tim Burt >> Hamwic House
