[cw-discuss] MS word and pdf export

[hackmiester (Hunter Fuller)]

On 8 October 2006, at 13:32, Daniel O'Donnell wrote:

> But what about cases where a native linux program does a specific
> function as or better than an equivalent Windows program--like PDF
> conversion. It seems to me a waste of effort working on that aspect.

Not always - there are still some word documents that OO.o barfs on.  
I find tonnes of them in my place of work.
>
> -dan
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Peter Lord wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been here before, but I'm wondering what the latest wisdom is
>>>>> for this problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> I need to convert a word document to pdf - this includes  
>>>>> metadata (
>>>>> title, summary etc ) and allow searches in the pdf.
>>>>> Right now I use kprinter - this uses ghostscript to covert the
>>>>> postscript from crossover office to pdf.  Although this works  
>>>>> fine,
>>>>> it doesn't pass through the metadata and the pdf isn't searchable.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suspect I need a word plugin which can directly export a pdf ...
>>>>> but the ones I've tried all seem to go through a printer driver
>>>>> which crossover office doesn't seem to like.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are there any word plugins which export pdf and work under  
>>>>> crossover
>>>>> office ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Pete
>>>>>
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