[pdftex] Subject: Re: DVI to PDF

[Greg Hansen]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:55:16 -0500 Cosmin Truta writes:

>1) Convert the DVI to PS and then distill the PS into PDF:
>   - use dvips to obtain the PS - do *not* forget the -Ppdf switch for
>obtaining a quality output (e.g. dvips -Ppdf article.dvi)
>   - use either Acrobat Distiller (expensive) or GhostScript (free) to
>convert the PS to a PDF.

There is a service on the adobe web site at:

       http://www.adobe.com/products/tryadobe/main.html#createpdf

that allows you five free trials of the document conversion service (great 
for that occasional just-need-one ...). Once you get PostScript, send it in!

Formats converted:

Microsoft® Office:
Word (.doc), Publisher (.pub), PowerPoint (.ppt), Excel (.xls), Rich Text 
Format (.rtf), Text (.txt)

Adobe Formats
Illustrator® (.ai), InDesign™ (.indd), FrameMaker® (.fm), PageMaker® (.pm, 
.pm6, .p65), Photoshop® (.psd)

Corel WordPerfect Office Formats
WordPerfect (.wpd)

Adobe PostScript® Formats
PostScript (.ps, .prn), Encapsulated PostScript (.eps)

Image Formats
Windows bitmap (.bmp), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg), PCX (.pcx), PNG (.png), RLE 
(.rle), TIFF (.tif)

Note: If you don't see your format listed here, please upload an Adobe 
PostScript file.

Web Capture
Web pages (.htm, .html, .shtml)

Paper Capture
Adobe PDF (.pdf), Bitmap (.bmp), JPEG (.jpg), PCX (.pcx), PNG (.png), TIFF 
(.tif)


Greg Hansen
Senior Manager
Acrobat Engineering Group
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