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Re: ps2pdf and LaTeX's seminar style



Rafael 

Nice summary.  The only thing is there must be an easier way that
editing the PS file.  I will investigate.

Tom

On Fri, 06 Oct 2000, Rafael E. Herrera wrote:
> Damn, I had to make a presentation using a laptop and a projector.
> I could not use a PDF file because acroread would not show the 
> document in landscape. From the previous messages the way to convert
> the PS to PDF is given by the next example.
> 
> Say the latex file is:
> 
> \documentclass[semhelv,landscape,12pt]{seminar}
> \begin{document}
> \begin{slide}
> 	A darned slide.
> \end{slide}
> \end{document}
> 
> $ latex test.tex
> $ dvips -Ppdf -t landscape test.dvi -o test.ps
> 
> Edit the postscript with:
> 
> Thomas Halahan wrote:
> > 
> > > Another person showed me that I can do what I wish by changing the
> > > PostScript Prolog.  Dvips produces
> > >
> > > %%BeginSetup
> > > %%Feature: *Resolution 1200dpi
> > > TeXDict begin
> > >  @landscape
> > > %%EndSetup
> > >
> > > If I modify this to
> > >
> > > %%BeginSetup
> > > %%Feature: *Resolution 1200dpi
> > > TeXDict begin
> > >   << /PageSize [792 612] /Orientation 0 >> setpagedevice
> > > %%EndSetup
> 
> After checking http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a1/pdfcreat.htm we
> use the cammand:
> 
> $ ps2pdf -dMaxSubsetPct=100 -dCompatibilityLevel=1.2 \
>   -dSubsetFonts=true -dEmbedAllFonts=true test.ps test.pdf
> 
> $ acroread test.pdf
> 
> Now it shows right within acroread! I guess I won't be 
> needing Corel Office 2000 or StarOffice now :).
> 
> -- 
> Rafael
> 
> 
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