TCS - Making a PDF With OpenOffice.org
Making a PDF With OpenOffice.org
by Trevor Gosbell
Melbourne PC User Group
Reprinted from the November 2003 issue of PC Update,
the magazine of Melbourne PC User Group, Australia
From the November, 2004 issue of the I/O Port Newsletter
The open source office suite OpenOffice.org has print-to-PDF functionality
built-in. Unfortunately it is a little bit fiddly. Basically you need to
indicate in two places that you want PDF output - when you choose the printer
driver and when you choose the output format. Hopefully future versions will
streamline the process.
Here's what you need to do:
- select File Print (Control-P)
In the print dialog:
- Select Name: "PDF Converter" (your converter may have a slightly different name)
- Select "Print to file" and the "Save as" dialog appears
- Input the file name including the .PDF extension
- Select File type: "PDF"
- Click Save
- Back in print dialog - click OK
- Check the output in a PDF viewer.
[ See example in Figure 5
in previous article.]
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