| Art Alexion on 19 May 2005 14:58:04 -0000 |
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gyoza@comcast.net wrote: > Walt Mankowski wrote: > >> On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 09:11:02AM -0400, gyoza@comcast.net wrote: >> >> >>> Since not everyone has the (free) software to create a PDF, I think >>> it would make sense if people shared read-only documents in >>> Postscript. HTML is good, too, but it depends on local fonts and >>> screen size. >>> >> >> >> Ghostscript comes with (free) ps2pdf utility. >> >> > That's true. I use Ghostscript under XP with GSview. But, it isn't > as simple as it could be. > > On the other foot, most computers can easily install Postscript > printer drivers. Postscript viewers are another story. No one will > do it anyway, so PDFs it is. It's a simple task to write a word macro that prints to ps and invokes ps2pdf in a hidden DOS box. Then it isn't much harder to have it launch the default PDF viewer and create an outbound email with the PDF attached.... -- _______________________________________ Art Alexion Arthur S. Alexion LLC arthur [at] alexion [dot] com aim: aalexion sms: 2679725536 [at] messaging [dot] sprintpcs [dot] com PGP fingerprint: 52A4 B10C AA73 096F A661 92D2 3B65 8EAC ACC5 BA7A The attachment -- signature.asc -- is my electronic signature; no need for alarm. Info @ http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/signature.asc.what.html Key for signed PDFs available at http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/ArthurSAlexion.p7c The validation string is TTJY-ZILJ-BJJG. ________________________________________ Attachment:
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