>Sybren Stuvel wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] enlightened us with: > >is it possible to convert MSword docs into PDF format? > > > Yes, it is. check out http://www.stuvel.eu/ooo-python#header3. It's > about converting Excel to PDF, but it equally applies to MSWord.
thank you very much this will greatly help me out. Steve Holden: >However, this assumed perfect import of the .doc file into Open Office, >which can't be guaranteed (though it gets better every release). So you >may want to do some experimentation to find out how well the import >proceeds. > im almost certain that Open Office will atleast give me acceptable >>> i told my future employer that i could... > >And the next time you are bragging in that way, couch your boasts in >conditional terms to avoid losing face should you happen to be wrong. A >lot will depend on the complexity of the Word documents. > yeah, i know i was wrong in assuring him it was possible, but i was sure python could do anything! :P just kidding, thanks i know what you mean and i appreciate your advice. Andrew McLean: >An alternative to Adobe Distiller (part of Acrobat) is PDFCreator yeah, i am actually just barely testing it out and so far it has given me very good results, thanks for the tip. Melvin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
