Jason DeStefano wrote: > > The catch to PDF's are that its free to view them (free reader) > but you must purchase the writer which is where they make their > money. Not sure if anyone's reverse engineered it and wrote up > a simple writer or not. > > On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Kent Schumacher wrote: > > > I'm trying to get people to stop sending their proprietary windows > > format files to me, and I want to be able to give them an alternative > > they can understand. > > > > Is there an easy (remember, they're windows users) way to generate PDF > > files from Excel or Word. If there is, how do you do it, and what > > version of Excel or Word does the procedure apply to. > > > > Failing that, can RTF handle a spreadsheet or embedded pictures? > > > > I can't believe that I am still fighting proprietary document formats > > 20 years after I started in this business. > > > > Kent > I just wrote a pdf under linux using gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite. Worked like a charm. The last time I used Wordperfect I believe it also had the ability to generate PDF's.