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

[David Bruce]

Larry,
The wordprocessor (OO Writer) has an option to export to PDF.
I haven't used it so I have no idea if it works well or not.
I have no idea if there is bidirectional capability.

If you have broadband the download isn't all that heavy.
www.openoffice.org

David
NW NC

Larry Goss 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