[CALUG] outputting PDF or PS from FOSS?

[Craig Younkins]

Orrrrrr File - Export as PDF in OO.O 3.0

I guess that's what I get for not checking.

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On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Craig Younkins <cyounkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> In openoffice: file - print and select print to file. You can choose either
> PDF or PS.
>
> Best,
>
> Craig Younkins
>
>
> On Jun 27, 2009, at 8:33 AM, Daniel Ivovich <divovich at alum.bucknell.edu>
> wrote:
>
> I believe that OpenOffice can save as a PDF.  The other option is to
> install the cups-pdf printer and then you can print right to a PDF file.  I
> used this with a2ps often to hand in assignments in school as it highlights
> code and puts 2 pages on one sheet in a very nice layout.
>
> -Dan
>
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Ed Browne < <edward_d_browne at yahoo.com>
> edward_d_browne at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>    I assumed this would be easy, but apparently
>> it's not - I need to turn in my final paper in
>> either PDF of Postscript format, but now I see
>> that OpenOffice does not produce either of those
>> two formats. The tools the university recommends
>> are either Windows-only or cost a fair bit.  The
>> only option I see as possible from my Ubuntu
>> distro is Tex (which can output both ps and pdf)
>> but I've always found Tex a bear to use (and I
>> ought to be spending my time finishing my
>> paper and not learning tex to compose my paper.)
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks very much - Ed
>>
>>
>>
>>
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