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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