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

 

or PDFCreator is FOSS and has been around a while now
or cutepfdf - freeware

Steve

2008/12/10 Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 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.
>>
>> Keith
> 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?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Julian
>
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