On Tuesday 13 April 2010 19:01:24 Alison Saylor wrote: > hmm, sounds like good information but i'm afraid i don't know what a > pdflatex file is nor a .tex file. >
TeX (note spelling) is the oldest Desk Top Publishing program still in use. It has several variations, all included in the TeX package. One popular one today is pdflatex. If you have Open Office installed and TeX installed then you can export a document from OO Writer in a format suitable for pdflatex. The extension on the the file will be ".tex". The command to convert this file (for example foo.tex) to a pdf document will be pdflatex foo.tex. All the formatting will be preserved. I just created a "Hello World" 5.5 x 8.5 in document in OO Writer, exported it as a LaTeX2e document "testtest.tex" and then ran: pdflatex testtest.tex Then I inspected the document in Acrobat Reader. The entire process took only a minute or two. That's the quickest way home if you are totally satisfied with the structure of your original document. If you want to play with it however you can export it odt form, then import the .odt file into Scribus. Scribus is easier to learn than the LaTeX variety of TeX by a considerable amount. In summary OO Writer > foo.tex pdflatex foo.tex > foo.pdf or OO Writer > foo.odt Scribus (import foo.odt) >foo.pdf Your choice. -- John Culleton "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.scribd.com/doc/24676863/ http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
