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Topic: why .ps ?
Replies: 39   Last Post: Aug 9, 2000 3:13 PM

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Patrick Reany

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Registered: 12/7/04
Re: why .ps ?
Posted: Aug 5, 2000 12:30 PM
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QSCGZ wrote:

> John wrote:
>
> >... If you don't have a postscript based printer, ...
>
> I think, I haven't.
>

Get GhostScript free online and install it on your machine. I prefer Adobe
Acrobat (Professional) myself but you have to pay for it -- a good
investemnt I think. However, the Acrobat Reader is free from Adobe.

> >Adobe pdf format is an ideal neutral format which handles graphics and
> >still allows text to be extracted using cut and paste.
>
> pdf files can be converted to .txt ?

If the author of the pdf file did not set protection against copying the
text, the text can be copied via the clipboard.

Patrick

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