D&C GLug - Home Page

[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]

Re: [LUG] I thought this might get a bit of a reaction

 

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 03:00:59PM +0000, Julian Hall wrote:
> Keith Abraham wrote:
> > Although I ask people not to, I often find submissions for our village
> > newsletter/magazine supplied in .pub (M$ Publisher) format. There is no open
> > source app which will convert .pub to a usable format. Also a friend of mine
> > tells me that sometimes a .pub created in one version of Publisher is often
> > incompatible with another version.
> >
> > Rather than install M$ Windows and buy several version of Publisher I 
> > send the
> > files to
> >
> >    http://www.k2pdf.com/convert.html
> >
> > who do a free conversion. I have to wait a few hours but it saves money 
> > and hassle.
> >
> In Windows I use a utility called Bullzip PDF Printer.  It installs as 
> an additional printer so all I have to do is print the document, choose 
> Bullzip as the printer and I have a PDF version.  It can also create 
> multiple page PDFs by appending to an existing PDF file.
> 
> Is there a comparable OS utility?

There's a (Debian, Utnubu) package called cups-pdf that does this.

-- 
Benjamin M. A'Lee || mail: bma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
web: http://subvert.org.uk/~bma/ || gpg: 0xBB6D2FA0
"When in doubt, parenthesize. At the very least it will let some poor schmuck
bounce on the % key in vi." -- Larry Wall

-- 
The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG
http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list
FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html