[TriLUG] document plug ins/apps?

[Joseph Tate]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:32:44 -0400, Christopher L Merrill
<chris at webperformanceinc.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> linux r wrote:
> > Does anyone know of a good open source pdf CREATOR type app that runs
> > over Fedora and/or possibly integrates with Ooo?  So far I have used
> 
> Not sure what kind of integeration you are looking for, but in Ooo 1.1.3,
> the Writer app has a "Export to PDF" button.  Just tried it (on Windows)
> and it worked like a champ.  Is this not available in the Linux version?
> 
> Or is it only there because I have Acrobat installed?
> 
> C
> 

The old standby is ps2pdf, a command line utility that converts
Postscript (which any pretty print linux application generates) to
PDFs.  You could even set it up as a cups printer filter, check the
print to file button, and you're on your way.  First make sure that
the export to PDF option isn't available.

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