Re: [users] How do I convert OO Writer .doc files to .jpg or .gif?

[mike scott]

On 1 Jul 2007 at 9:31, Harold Fuchs wrote:

> On 29/06/07, John Emerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I am using Open Office 2.1 Writer on Windows. I need to convert .doc files
> > to .jpg or .gif files for a publisher. I got a tool ("PDF-Convert") that
> > does that for Word .doc files, but it does not work for for OO Writer .doc
> > files. Right now I don't have Word on my computer.
> >
> > John Emerson
> 
> 
> OpenOffice will allow you to save your document in Word format. Choose
> File>Save As. Select the appropriate Word format from the "Save as type:"
> list. Ensure the "Automatic file name extension" box is ticked/checked.
> 
> Having saved the document in Word format you can (??) use PDF-Convert ...

I'm puzzled by the original posting. Is he saying that a .doc saved by 
OOo is somehow fundamentally different from one saved by Word and won't 
work with pdf-convert? Or is he saying ".doc" when he means ".odt", and 
his problem is he doesn't know how to save as .doc? Or does he just 
want to convert from OOo format to something a print-shop can use?

In any case, I'd be surprised at a publisher preferring an image file 
to postscript or pdf - I'd have thought either of these would be 
preferable.  gif I'd have thought a non-starter because of the quality 
(or lack of).

As (yet another) alternative, he could save as postscript (using a 
windows standard printer driver such as an Apple laserwriter) from his 
wp program of choice, and use ghostscript to render as a jpg (or many 
other image alternatives) file. A freeware version of doing what pdf-
convert will cost you to do :-)
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