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Subject:Re: convert to Pdf From:"Peter Ring, PRC" <prc -at- ISA -dot- DKNET -dot- DK> Date:Thu, 22 Jan 1998 15:09:54 +1
Tytus Pluciennik wrote:
> My boss wants to convert my hlp and html files into pdf's.
> Has anyone done this before? What is the best way of going about this.
> Thank You for your suggestions
Basically they are VERY uncompatible formats, because hlp and html
are screen formats not linked to pages, while pdf's are page
oriented. But of course it is possible.
The quick and dirty way is to print your hlp and html files to "file"
using a PostScript printer (it does not need to be physically
connected because you print to file, only), and then distill the
resulting .prn or .ps file with Adobe Distiller or Exchange. You may
need to make some minor adjustment to avoid html lines and images to
be splitted over two pages.
Greetings from Denmark
Peter Ring
PRC (Peter Ring Consultants)
- specialists in user friendly manuals and audits on manuals.
prc -at- isa -dot- dknet -dot- dk
- the "User Friendly Manuals" website with links, bibliography, list
of prof. associations, and tips for technical writers: http://isa.dknet.dk/~prc/
- text cleaning software, e.g. for reading difficult e-mails: http://isa.dknet.dk/~prc/software/
