[AT] Off topic Open Office and computer associations. OT

[Indiana Robinson]

On 10/15/08, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/15/08, Larry Goss <rlgoss at insightbb.com> wrote:
>> For those of you who are using Open Office, I have a question -- does the
>> program have a direct method for generating PDF files?  PDF file
>> generation
>> is now a feature of Word and WordPerfect.  Is it available directly in
>> Open
>> Office?
>>
>> BTW, the feature is not bundled with Word as it comes from the company.
>> You
>> have to ask for it on-line or have it sent to you by mail, but it is free.
>>
>> With the late versions of Adobe Acrobat, bi-directional file translation
>> through PDF is possible.  The instructions say that you can only go back
>> from PDF to the word processor that was originally used for the material,
>> but I have found that is not a hard and fast restriction.
>>
>> Larry
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> Here is something to look at. I know nothing about it personally.
> http://www.primopdf.com/
>
> Another to look at:
> http://www.pdfpdf.com/
>
> And another:
> http://www.acrosoftware.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
>
> I used to absolutely hate PDF files (slooooow) but since I finally got
> a couple of fast computers and broadband I don't have any problems
> with them.
>
>
> --
> "farmer"
>
> "Good clean muck never hurt nobody!!!"
> Morris Moulterd
>
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>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
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I forgot to mention:
http://www.abisource.com/
I have used it on old slow systems and also with Linux. Look at the
link "plug-ins" on the left side of their main page for a PDF plug-in.


--
"farmer"

"Good clean muck never hurt nobody!!!"
Morris Moulterd


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Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
robinson at svs.net