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lindi
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Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 1:08AM
This is not a poll.
I want to make an attachment to a business letter, and it's in WordPerfect. Is it better to send it in Adobe, and if so, how do I import the attachment so that it's in Adobe?
ChodeMasterJ
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Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 1:21AM
Adobe like a .pdf?
lindi
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Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 10:13AM
Yes.
Robert
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Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 10:38AM
I'd try PDF 995 Converter
I've been using this to convert output from my word processor to a PDF file for years.
It's free if you don't mind having to tell it you don't want to see the sponsor page.
It installs (under Windows) as a printer that you select at the time you want to print. Instead of printing, it creates a PDF file of the print image.
I don't know how you would 'attach' that file to a Word document, as I have never used Word. IMHO, Word is over priced and over-rated, not to mention it claims to have a lot of 'function' that I would never use.
Clam Digger
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Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 11:14AM
There are a lot of free PDF tools try snapfiles.com or
download.com
Edited by - Clam Digger on 7/22/2008 11:25:11 AM
Edited by - lindi on 7/22/2008 12:17:57 PM
 
Flash All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 2:57PM
I use WordPerfect and I'd recommend sending it as Adobe. I've found many places don't have WordPerfect and many editors don't have the conversion power that WordPerfect does.
Clam Digger
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Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 3:59PM
I'm curious have you ever worked with www.openoffice.org?
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Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 7:12PM
I have it on my machine here, mostly because I was looking for a database program for something I was working on. I never did find a DB that worked for me and I never played with Open Office anymore than that.
Jacco All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 7:51PM
OpenOffice.Org has a built-in ability to make pdf's, very handy.
Jacco
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Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 11:48PM
But it isn't that hard to do any way. Most the Free PDF converter program like CutePDF Writer or Bullzip PDF Printer are set up as though the were just another printer. So any Windows app can use them.
Dean Wormer
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Posted - Jul 23 2008 : 2:50AM
I'm not trying to bust anyone's balls or whatnot but how would one go about creating a document without adobe? Such as we are referring to? I would not have an answer if someone were to ask me.
Clam Digger
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Posted - Jul 23 2008 : 10:37AM
Well don't have the specifics but PDF is a format just as TIFF files (usually used for faxing) and others. Adobe publishes a free PDF viewer, among other things. All of these PDF conversion products read that format. As long as they do not use something proprietary to Adobe everything is cool.
Drew Black
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Posted - Jul 23 2008 : 11:44AM
There's lots of ways to generate PDF files without having an Adobe product installed on the computer. We generate PDF versions of our reviews and don't use anything from Adobe to do so.
Dither
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Posted - Jul 23 2008 : 5:45PM
lindi
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Posted - Jul 24 2008 : 9:06AM
Thank you. We used a converter, and though it took a couple of days for them to email the pdf file, it's taken care of. We downloaded openoffice (a six hour download on our dial-up) and are debating whether to install it. Wondering if it will slow down our computer.
 
Clam Digger
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Posted - Jul 24 2008 : 9:39AM
Lindi;
What kind of computer do you have?
I never tested it for "speed" as such, but does function as least as well as any MS Office app.
On my cable connection the download of Open Office was only a few minutes.
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Posted - Jul 24 2008 : 4:21PM
I have a 6 year old computer and it put an icon in my bottom bar that slowed down my computer. I removed the icon but not the program and it isn't slow anymore.
Robert
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Posted - Jul 24 2008 : 6:10PM
OpenOffice is a huge program. It is not segmented. All the different 'programs' (word processor, data base mgr., spread sheet, etc.) are all part of one big blob of code, so when you load and execute any part of it, there is a good chance that it will page itself to death (get very slow and maybe even lost) and possibly crash.
That's why I stopped using it. Application developers stopped doing that 20 years ago and began producing applications that were made up of several separate program routines.
If you are happy with the word processor that you have and use now, it's much better to just keep using it and use one of the many free converter programs (mentioned throughout this thread) that will convert your word processor output to a PDF file.
That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
Jacco All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Jul 24 2008 : 6:40PM
Huh? You must be using a different version of OpenOffice.org than me, since I have separate binaries for each part (oocalc, oowriter, etc.) of the office suite. And I haven't had a crash in more years than I can count.
Jacco
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Posted - Jul 24 2008 : 7:14PM
actually I did the same thing. yhose icons on the system bar are constantly checking for updates etc. they often so things down especially on older computers. Lindi seems to have a dialup line, that could drive her nuts.
Robert
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Posted - Jul 24 2008 : 9:25PM
Can you install oowriter and not install oocalc?
Clam Digger
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Posted - Jul 25 2008 : 12:10AM
probably...but the spreadsheet is pretty good too.
Jacco All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Jul 25 2008 : 1:02PM
Yes.
Jacco
Robert
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Posted - Jul 25 2008 : 1:29PM
When I lasted used OpenOffice (about five years ago) it was not modular and I asked an OpenOffice programmer if there were any plans to make it so, since I only wanted a Word Processor module and nothing else.
He told me that there were no plans to break it apart and make it modular.
When you installed that program, there was no place you could select what module you wanted to install. It was all or nothing.
I guess OpenOffice changed their minds (and program). I stand corrected.
Harri Patel
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Posted - Jul 26 2008 : 1:18AM
I have OpenOffice -- the current version -- installed on several XP and Ubuntu machines. I don't actually use it very often at all, but when I do, it doesn't crash or give my any problems. I am not aware of any "slowing down" or "constantly checking for updates" issues. Just having the suite installed on the machines doesn't seem to have any noticeable effect at all, other than whatever hard drive space it takes up.
 
cobalt60
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Posted - Jul 26 2008 : 5:38PM
+1 OpenOffice
Also, Foxit makes a better, smaller, faster, less crash-prone reader than Adobe for the PDF format.
200+ megabytes for a godforsaken PDF reader, Adobe? Methinks not. Go forth and die.



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