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Re: SPAM Pros & Cons of PDF files, was Re: Looking for Kille egg

If you are on a Unix/Linux platform, there are pdf2html pdf2txt and "visa versa"
converters freely available.  Just Google on pdf2txt or pdf2html and it the
almighty Google will give you the links.

john
 
On 25-Oct-01 Tyrone Genade wrote:
> On 24 Oct 2001, at 15:50, William Vannerson wrote:
> 
>> What if someone sent
>> you the source document that you could then convert into HTML format
>> for posting on the web site?  <<< heavy duty flame shields up >>> 
>> Many sites offer information in both HTML and in PDF file format, why
>> not us?  
> 
> I'm quite fond of the MikTex/LaTex formating and 
> editing. Essentially, using LaTex WinEdit one can right 
> 1 file then via the MikTex/LaTex formatting options 
> right .doc, .pdf, .html, .dvi etc... from a single file. 
> Best of all this softwere is freely available off any 
> CTAN Mirror.
> 
> This formater is very popular among Scientific Journals 
> which often request files in .dvi format (device 
> independant).
> 
> The actual righting takes a bit of getting used to (if 
> you want to put something in italics you have to right 
> it as \emph{italicised word}) but at the end of the day 
> you can take your .tex file and do with it what you want.
> 
> Just my opinion...
> 
> bye
> 
> Tyrone Genade
> tyronegenade at yahoo_com
> http://www.tyronegenade.0catch.com
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Date: 25-Oct-01
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