OpenOffice sports direct conversion to PDF
In case you’re not aware of it yet, Chris Livesay from Computer Corner reminds us that the freely available OpenOffice includes a built-in save as PDF feature (similar to Microsoft Office 2007).
In case you’re not aware of it yet, Chris Livesay from Computer Corner reminds us that the freely available OpenOffice includes a built-in save as PDF feature (similar to Microsoft Office 2007).
[...] covered the OpenOffice built-in save as PDF feature — well, Microsoft also have one — it’s an add-in [...]
Hmm – just fell over on that last night.
In a panic I couldn’t find it and resorted to Adobe.com service to fix a “fire” (well had to do the docx to doc conversion first!).
In the cold light of day, I
a) put the free M$oft addin for Save As pdf/xps into Off2007
b) Found the EXPORT AS PDF option in OO3 Write
*** i.e. NOT Save As but EXPORT AS PDF ***
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