On 25 Sep 2007 at 12:28, Harold Fuchs wrote: > On 24/09/2007, mike scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > I've hunted round for something simple to rotate the epsi before > > inclusion, but without luck (the obvious perl modules off cpan, > > surprisingly, are buggy). > > > <snip> > > GIMP ??? www.*gimp*.org
Hmmm. Not sure that will handle PS without rasterizing it. However, I finally got the perl code from CPAN to work, so can rotate the eps files using that. And a run through ps2epsi provides the preview bitmap. A bit crude, but workable. I'm still reeling with the gotchas in OOo though - having finally made a draft of the booklet, which needs to be done double-sided on my simplex printer, I now find draw won't print just odd or just even pages (which writer will). Sheesh!!! To add even more insult, OOo's export to pdf doesn't bother with the postscript, it just outputs the epsi preview; so that's no good! I'm down now to using bullzip to print to pdf (which /does/ work), then using acrobat to select even/odd pages to print......... And I thought computers were supposed to make life easy :-( So I'm just about there..... thanks to all who commented. But I do think the developers need a good kick: there are far too many "silly" restrictions and inconsistencies. -- various incoming sites blocked because of spam; see http://www.scottsonline.org.uk for a list and openpgp crypto key (key fingerprint 2ACC 9F21 5103 F68C 7C32 9EA8 C949 81E1 31C9 1364) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
