On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:22:38 -0400
Bruce Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 July 2001 15:56, Vern W Heesch wrote:
> > Net Llama wrote:
> > > --- Vern W Heesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Ken Moffat wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:47:56 -0700 (PDT)
> > > > >
> > > > > Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > Plus i fail to see why anyone would want to convert from text
to
> > > >
> > > > ps to
>
> <big snip>
>
> Ok, back to ground zero.
>
> We now have agreed that text files have no formatting.
>
> If I wanted to create nice looking pdf files in the manner you describe,
I
> would first try to get my 'document' into some well known format, like a
.doc
> file or even .rtf. Something that StarOffice could do very easily.
>
> Then if I wanted to use Linux, I would try the PS to PDF program, but
I've
> never used it. I would have StarOffice print to a file, which would (or
> should) create a postscript file of my document. Then (maybe) the
PS2PDF
> program would convert it....
>
That is what I do. From any Linux word processor I print to a file, which
yields a ps file. Then I use ps2pdf. It usually results in what I expect.
I always get good results using klyx, followed by ps2pdf.
Dave Ayers
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