On Thu, 28 Dec 2023, John White wrote:
To file in Pacer, the document must be "flattened." This poses no problem with files created in lyx. However, whenever I import a Word file and convert it to lyx, Pacer balks and refuses to accept the document unless I "flatten" it. If I am at the office, I "flatten" it by printing out the lyx document and, using the copier, scan it back to me. I then can upload that scanned file to pacer. If I am at home, I "flatten" it by using "$ pdf2ps orig.pdf - | ps2pdf - flattened.pdf", which usually works.
My question is this: Do those who use Microsoft Word also have to "flatten" files before filing in the federal courts or does Pacer just accept Microsoft Word files "as is"? If so, there might be some sort of anti-trust implications in all this.
John, I defenstrated from Microsoft 26 years ago so cannot directly answer your question. However, I might help reduce the time and effort to 'flatten' Word docs without running them over in your car. When I have a .doc/.docx file sent that I want to incorporate into a LyX document I'll do either of two things: 1. Highlight the desired text in the Word document then use Edit -> Paste Special -> Join Lines to put it in the LyX doc. 2. When I need the entire Word doc and it's sent as a PDF I use pdftotext, then Insert -> Plain Text, Join Lines. If it's a .doc/.docx file I load it in LibreOffice Writer then save as a text file before inserting it. Since your LyX document is set to include line numbers I think these actions would work for you. Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
