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[LeVA]

Hello!

Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is,
then which program do I need to use?

Thanks!

Daniel

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[Mark Ferlatte]

LeVA said on Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 08:30:53PM +0200:

> Hello!
>
> Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is,
> then which program do I need to use?

ps2pdf will create a PDF from any PostScript file. Most unix software can
generate PostScript (ie, Mozilla, GNOME apps, KDE apps). Otherwise, you can
use a tool like a2ps to create the PostScript file, and then run ps2pdf on it.

M

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[Sven Hoexter]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 08:30:53PM +0200, LeVA wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is,
> then which program do I need to use?

pdf is not a nativ format, you'll always transfer something else into a
pdf document. Create a Postscript file from any application you like and
ps2pdf it later.

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[Bijan Soleymani]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 08:30:53PM +0200, LeVA wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is,
> then which program do I need to use?

I don't know what you mean by clean. But almost every Unix/Linux program
can output as PostScript (.ps files). You can then use ps2pdf to convert
them to pdf files.

Bijan


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[Jeremy T. Bouse]

I routinely write using LaTeX and use pdflatex to generate the
output in PDF format... I've actually found I get better results doing
this than producing the LaTeX to PS and then run it through ps2pdf...

Regards,
Jeremy T. Bouse

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 08:30:53PM +0200, LeVA wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is,
> then which program do I need to use?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Daniel
>
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[Moritz Moeller-Herrmann]

LeVA wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is,
> then which program do I need to use?

Have a look at scribus.

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[lists1]

Besides the aforementioned ps2pdf and other tools, if you are coming from a
windows environment, you can also use OpenOffice.org or StarOffice to do the
same. OpenOffice.org is a free download (and is available on cds cheaply
from many places, check the site, and your country, school, or favorite linux
magazine/book may also have it available on cd), check the site for the
features. StarOffice isn't free, but offers additional features built in.
It's a Sun product. The additional features (or most of them) can also be
added to OpenOffice.org if you are resourceful, and if I'm not mistaken.

Even if you go the OpenOffice/StarOffice route, you'll soon learn to use
ps2pdf at the command line. I'd suggest getting used to it, as it's available
built in, and works without starting up OpenOffice.org (you may forget what
you wanted to do by the time it finishes starting up).

Bing.

On Tuesday 08 July 2003 20:30, LeVA wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is,
> then which program do I need to use?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Daniel
>
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[Zhao YouBing]

lists1 wrote:

>Besides the aforementioned ps2pdf and other tools, if you are coming from a
>windows environment, you can also use OpenOffice.org or StarOffice to do the
>same. OpenOffice.org is a free download (and is available on cds cheaply
>from many places, check the site, and your country, school, or favorite linux
>magazine/book may also have it available on cd), check the site for the
>features. StarOffice isn't free, but offers additional features built in.
>It's a Sun product. The additional features (or most of them) can also be
>added to OpenOffice.org if you are resourceful, and if I'm not mistaken.
>
>Even if you go the OpenOffice/StarOffice route, you'll soon learn to use
>ps2pdf at the command line. I'd suggest getting used to it, as it's available
>built in, and works without starting up OpenOffice.org (you may forget what
>you wanted to do by the time it finishes starting up).
>
>Bing.
>
>On Tuesday 08 July 2003 20:30, LeVA wrote:
>
>

>>Hello!
>>
>>Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is,
>>then which program do I need to use?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Daniel
>>
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>>
>>

>
>
>

OpenOffice 1.1 do can create pdf, but it needs much improvement.
For one can't set the image quality there and the default quality is so
low that one can hardly be satisfied with it.

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[Roberto Sanchez]

--- Zhao YouBing <zhaoyb@cad.zju.edu.cn> escribió:

> OpenOffice 1.1 do can create pdf, but it needs much improvement.
> For one can't set the image quality there and the default quality is so
> low that one can hardly be satisfied with it.
>

Most likely this is because you are using Type 3 or Bitmapped fonts. Switch
to Type 1 fonts (some freetype packages provide Type 1 fonts or the MS
True Type fonts from the contrib or non-free section of the archive). Once
you have the new fonts, make sure that OpenOffice is using the new fonts.
The next time you export to PDF it should do so with the Type 1 fonts.
You can verify this by opening the PDF file with Acrobat Reader and clicking
File->Info->Fonts.

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[Zhao YouBing]

Roberto Sanchez wrote:

> --- Zhao YouBing <zhaoyb@cad.zju.edu.cn> escribi�:
>
>
>

>>OpenOffice 1.1 do can create pdf, but it needs much improvement.
>>For one can't set the image quality there and the default quality is so
>>low that one can hardly be satisfied with it.
>>
>>
>>

>
>Most likely this is because you are using Type 3 or Bitmapped fonts. Switch
>to Type 1 fonts (some freetype packages provide Type 1 fonts or the MS
>True Type fonts from the contrib or non-free section of the archive). Once
>you have the new fonts, make sure that OpenOffice is using the new fonts.
>The next time you export to PDF it should do so with the Type 1 fonts.
>You can verify this by opening the PDF file with Acrobat Reader and clicking
>File->Info->Fonts.
>
>-Roberto
>

Sorry I think u misunderstood me, I mean the image quality, not the font,:)
The fonts goes well but the image really sucks.

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[Alan Shutko]

Roberto Sanchez <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es> writes:

> Most likely this is because you are using Type 3 or Bitmapped fonts. Switch
> to Type 1 fonts (some freetype packages provide Type 1 fonts or the MS
> True Type fonts from the contrib or non-free section of the
> archive).

Last time I checked, OO outputed T1 fonts as T3... has this been
fixed in the last 6 months or so?

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[Carl Fink]

Has anyone got experience with htmldoc? I'm looking for a way to
convert HTML to PDF, but htmldoc scrambles tables badly, and HTML2PDF
isn't usable with Sarge right now because HTML2PS can't be installed
because PerlMagick can't be installed because it depends on an
*older* version of perl-base (actually perlapi) than the current
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[Paul Johnson]

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On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 08:30:53PM +0200, LeVA wrote:

> Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is,
> then which program do I need to use?

My personal preference is to use koffice, print to PDF. Makes a
decent PDF. And if that's not good enough, saving to a tex document
and making a PDF from tex works nice, too.

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[Mihalis I. Tsoukalos]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 03:23:28PM -0400, Bijan Soleymani wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 08:30:53PM +0200, LeVA wrote:

> > Hello!
> >
> > Is it possible to create new, clean .pdf files under linux? If it is,
> > then which program do I need to use?

>
> I don't know what you mean by clean. But almost every Unix/Linux program
> can output as PostScript (.ps files). You can then use ps2pdf to convert
> them to pdf files.
>
> Bijan

TeX/LaTeX can also create pdf and ps (postscript) files.

cheers,
Mihalis.


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