Star Office and PDF

Not really knowing anything about this. First I would try saving the
file as a Postscript. (instead of *trying* to save it as a PDF and
getting a postscript). Then try using ps2pdf and see if that works.

Carl P


On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 00:58, Lee Einer wrote:
> Hi, All-
>
> I attempted this morning to convert a resume in Star Office format to
> Adobe Acrobat, and it became an adventure. This is what happened;
>
> Print to File in Star Office 6.0 gave me the option of generating a file
> in either Postscript or PDF format. Selecting the PDF option generated a
> file with a PDF extension-- in PS format. Not the desired outcome...
>
> Undaunted, I converted the Postscript version to PDF using ps2pdf. This
> was a qualified success. Qualified in that although the result was an
> Acrobat document, the spaces between words were somehow deleted, making
> the result look less like a resume and more like some demented ransom note.
>
> I finally went to Adobe's website and used the tryout version of their
> web based file conversion service, which converted the PS file to
> Acrobat format without error.
>
> How can I get the Star Office print to file option to work for PDF? And
> why did ps2pdf not function as it should? How can I fix?
>
>
> --
> Lee Einer
>
> "Whatever you set your mind to do, you always should make the road before you wide open, so that all people may traverse it. This is the concern of a great man. If the way is narrow and perilous, so that others cannot go on it, then you yourself will not have any place to set foot either." - Huanglong, A Song dynasty zen master.
>
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