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wanderlust
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 Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:30 pm Post subject: Trouble saving .doc on Linux and opening on Windows |
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Hi!
This is probably a newbie question, but I am new to both Linux and OpenOffice so rightfully so!
I am using Writer to write college papers, projects, resumes, etc. I save my files as .doc so I can open them up at school and print them, as I do not have a printer. This is causing me some major headaches as everything becomes off-aligned and just overall not properly formatted. Why is this happening, and what can I do differently to save myself all this extra work?
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Robert Tucker
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Save and print as .pdf?
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ftack
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It is normal that formatting is slightly different. This can even happen using only MS Word with changing printers.
| Quote: | | Just overall not properly formatted. |
Maybe you should indicate what you consider "not properly formatted"
With common documents, properly composed, issues are normally very limited. that you have major issues can have two reasons
1) You are not using good word processing practices to compose the document (e.g. using spaces to align, using empty lines to add empty space between paragraphs, ...
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2) You are producing documents with a highly sophisticated layout.
In case of 1) try to adopt good word processing properties, to make the document "auto-formatting" as much as possible. Then, the different word processor will accomodate eventual changes in layout an acceptable way.
In case of 2) your only option is to stick with the program *and* the printer you used to compose your document. Or use a dedicated desktop publishing program.
*edit* robert was faster, and indeed, if this only concerns printing, then exporting to PDF and printingthe PDF will perfectly maintain your layout.
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PromptJock
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| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| ftack wrote: | | robert was faster, and indeed, if this only concerns printing, then exporting to PDF and printingthe PDF will perfectly maintain your layout. |
Just an addition: if wanderlust tries the "export to PDF" option, he/she should do a few "test" documents using "Export to PDF" to ensure that:
a) the export function will work
b) the "look" of the exported PDF document is satisfactory
Otherwise, he/she should select the "Print" function from the OOo menu, select the "Print To file" radio button on the printer dialog box, select "PDF" from the drop-down menu box (it defaults to "Postscript" (.ps)) and enter a file name (take note of the default destination folder! I believe it's the "Documents" sub-folder in the "Home" folder). cups will then PDF "print" the file (and do a very respectable job, BTW!) for saving to a thumb drive and printing elsewhere.
Yes, it's "long and convoluted", but it one way to guarantee the "desired look" of an OOo document to be printed elsewhere...
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ftack
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Export to PDF usually works fine and fast. The only issue occurs with encapsulated postscript graphics. These are rendered using the low-quality preview (if any, else not at all) using PDF export. If you use graphics in eps format, your only option is to "print" to PDF in order to have these graphics rendered in full quality.
On Linux, indeed, you can install a PDF printer driver, if it is not installed by default by your distribution. Using this "printer" you create a PDF file.
On MS Windows, you can install PDFCreator to obtain a very flexible "PDF printer".
I am not sure what the options are on an Apple, but as far as I am informed, Apple uses cups just like linux.
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