This one time, at band camp, Craig Dickson said: > Stephen Gran wrote: > > > I have a file that I created using MS Word (I know, I know) that IU > > would like to convert into a postscript file. The problem I am having > > is that Openoffice, Abiword, etc. all mess up the formatting when I try > > to open it, so I can't just print to file there. I have not yet tried > > antiword on it, but I suspect that if these others can't get the > > formatting right, neither will antiword. > > > > I have tried printing to file from the Windows box, and it ouputs a .prn > > file, which is apparently of type: > > > > steve@gashuffer:~$ file Resume.prn > > Resume.prn: HP Printer Job Language data > > > > Not postscript, as I would have assumed. gv refuses to open it, but I > > can print it with lpr, so presumably I can somehow get one of the gv-like > > programs to open it, or convert it, but I'm not having much luck. Any > > one have any suggestions here? > > The problem on the Windows box is that you have Windows set up to use an > HP or HP-compatible printer. If you configure a PostScript printer, and > then tell MS Word to use that printer driver to print to a file, then you > should get PostScript output. > > Craig Thanks, that did the trick. gv still barfs on it, but gs displays it just fine, and it prints fine, which is all I wanted. I just wanted to put a resume on line in a cross platform format, and this seems to have done the trick. Now I can put it up as postscript or pdf or whatever. Thanks all, -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Stephen Gran | Marxist Law of Distribution of Wealth: | |steve@lobefin.net | Shortages will be divided equally among the | |http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | peasants. | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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