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Title: Convert Doc To Pdf And Other Pdf Conversions
Post by: blinkblob on September 05, 2005, 02:10:18 am: I've searched the posts but have not found any reference to any pdf software that can convert a doc or any other file to pdf:
does such a thing exist in the Zaurus world?

I found an "anything to .ps" converter, now all I need is a ps2pdf converter. The linux console has that built in on my desktop but It does not appear to be on the Zaurus.

Thanks.
Bob
Title: Convert Doc To Pdf And Other Pdf Conversions
Post by: dfisher on September 06, 2005, 10:18:27 am: Hi,

I use some free tools from Software 995 (http://www.software995.com) to convert MS-Word documents, Spreadsheets etc. to .pdf format. You have to put up with soe advertising but it *is** free.

For ps2pdf conversions, this is one of the GhostScritp utilities isn't it? You can get this utilit for PC or Linux here (http://www.ghostscript.com/).

Regards,
Doug
Title: Convert Doc To Pdf And Other Pdf Conversions
Post by: Meanie on September 06, 2005, 08:34:56 pm: You could also install OpenOffice and convert to almost any format including pdf.
Title: Convert Doc To Pdf And Other Pdf Conversions
Post by: blinkblob on September 06, 2005, 10:50:19 pm: I'm not sure if I can install open office without first changing the rom to open zaurus, if I understand correctly.

RE: ps2 pdf: I looked up the link you gave me. I'm not sure how to get this utility onto the zaurus: do you know?
Thanks,

Bob
Title: Convert Doc To Pdf And Other Pdf Conversions
Post by: Stubear on September 07, 2005, 12:47:52 pm: Quote
Hi,

I use some free tools from Software 995 (http://www.software995.com) to convert MS-Word documents, Spreadsheets etc. to .pdf format. You have to put up with soe advertising but it *is** free.
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Try PDFCreator, it's much faster than PDF995 and it doesn't have any advertising - it's GPL and Free too (http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm)

Stu
Title: Convert Doc To Pdf And Other Pdf Conversions
Post by: Stubear on September 07, 2005, 01:02:52 pm: You could try xtopdf (http://www.elsix.org/index.php?w=project&p=1220) or txt2pdf (http://www.elsix.org/index.php?w=project&p=959).

They might do what you want.

Otherwise you'll need to find a version of ghostscript for arm and pull ps2pdf from that (or cross-compile it yourself)

Stu
Title: Convert Doc To Pdf And Other Pdf Conversions
Post by: Gondola on September 07, 2005, 01:10:49 pm: Are there similar utilities to convert PDF and DOC to HTML?

Personally, I find viewing PDF's to be problematic on the Zaurus; PDF viewers really crash and burn when attempting to view large PDFs or PDF's with lots of images embedded.
Title: Convert Doc To Pdf And Other Pdf Conversions
Post by: jfv on September 07, 2005, 01:24:05 pm: Another option, if you are online on the Zaurus is to use TOM
http://tom.library.upenn.edu/convert/ (http://tom.library.upenn.edu/convert/)
You upload a file and the website converts it for you and there are dozens of formats available.

Felipe
Title: Convert Doc To Pdf And Other Pdf Conversions
Post by: Gondola on September 08, 2005, 01:27:27 pm: Quote
Another option, if you are online on the Zaurus is to use TOM
http://tom.library.upenn.edu/convert/ (http://tom.library.upenn.edu/convert/)
You upload a file and the website converts it for you and there are dozens of formats available.

Felipe
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That's pretty cool. Thanks!
Title: Convert Doc To Pdf And Other Pdf Conversions
Post by: Sheila on September 08, 2005, 05:31:49 pm: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php (http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) converts any single or series of images to pdf and back again.
Title: Convert Doc To Pdf And Other Pdf Conversions
Post by: blinkblob on September 09, 2005, 10:34:06 am: I agree that pdf files are too "heavy" to use on this platform. This Zaurus totally amazes me. It's really a mini computer not a PDA. What I need to do is make invoices and quotations to clients and email them as pdfs. I could always use the .doc format or html, but it's editable. I don't really want to make pdfs to view on the Zaurus, just to send out. I would love to be able to use txt2pdf type programs as noted above but the work associated with getting installed on the zaurus is too great for me as I am both a Zaurus and Linux newbie. (Linux ubuntu on laptop and one desktop for 8 months)