Re: [newbie] Printing to PDF from OO

2002-12-27 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 26 Dec 2002 12:42 pm, Rob Lindsay wrote: Have followed advice from many helpful people [thank you] and have most of the applications I am likely to use printing to PDF [I don't have a printer connected to this 'puter]. These files open with PS PDF Viewer and also with Acrobat 4.0

[newbie] Printing to PDF from OO

2002-12-26 Thread Rob Lindsay
Have followed advice from many helpful people [thank you] and have most of the applications I am likely to use printing to PDF [I don't have a printer connected to this 'puter]. These files open with PS PDF Viewer and also with Acrobat 4.0 on Win4Lin. Would dearly like to be able to print to

Re: [newbie] Printing to PDF from OO

2002-12-26 Thread Andrei Raevsky
Hi Rob, I had the same problem and could not resolve it. But, for whatever it is worth, Kword makes very good PDF files. That's what I have been using since. Good look! Andrei __ Linux-Mandrake 9 (Dolphin) Mandrake Club Silver Member Registered

Re: [newbie] Printing to PDF from OO

2002-12-26 Thread Robin Turner
Rob Lindsay wrote: Have followed advice from many helpful people [thank you] and have most of the applications I am likely to use printing to PDF [I don't have a printer connected to this 'puter]. These files open with PS PDF Viewer and also with Acrobat 4.0 on Win4Lin. Would dearly like to

Re: [newbie] Printing to PDF from OO

2002-12-26 Thread Rob Lindsay
Hi Andrei, My experience with Kword and PDF files is that the font are not reliable. This may be because I am relying on a limited set. I don't think I've got any TT fonts loaded. I have found that Scribus produces much more reliable font performance in PDF output. Am looking into putting a

RE: [newbie] Printing to PDF from OO

2002-12-26 Thread Rob Lindsay
Sir Robin wrote: snip You need to go into spadmin. Click Add New Printer then click on PDF converter to create a PDF pseudoprinter. endsnip Thanks for the solution, but how do I go into spadmin and do what you suggest. I have found the spadmin link in the OpenOffice.org folder but have no idea