Making a (useful) *.pdf file...

[Rakeswell]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to make a PDF version of my resume. I've been messing around with the pdftex command, but I can't really see the purpose of this program:

1) It will work with only a text file.
2) It seems to just output the test in one long stream, ingoring the carriage returns (or is this the fault of the xpdf program?).

Since it only works with a text file, I might as well just put a text file online as browsers can read text files very nicely.

What I'm after is some technique or utility that can render a document with more complex formatting into a PDF file. Are there any utilities available for this (that might have been bundled with redhat 7.1)?

Thanks everyone!

[Ig0r]

You could write it in Abiword, KWord or your editor of choice and save it to a .ps file, then use a ps->pdf converter...

[Rakeswell]

Thanks very much, Ig0r.

I gave it a try, but I kept getting errors from the postscript interpreter when I tried to run ps2pdf on the doc I saved as a *.ps file. I think that I read somewhere that there are some bugs with the current versions out there right now...I dunno.

Anyway, I managed to find a simple workaround for this:

aving read that linux printing relies on PS, I tried just printing the doc to a file, naming it "myfile.ps". I then ran that file through the ps2pdf command and -- voila -- no errors and a pretty respectable PDF doc -- especially considering that it cost me $0.00 for the programs to make it.

I wonder if this will work as an easy way to make PDF files with pictures, etc -- relying an the print services to convert whatever file you want into a *.ps file...

Thanks again, everyone!

[ 05 August 2001: Message edited by: Rakeswell ]